Zaliznychne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Coordinates: 47°38′44″N 36°10′01″E / 47.64556°N 36.16694°E / 47.64556; 36.16694
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Zaliznychne
Залізничне
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Zaliznychne (Ukrainian: Залізничне, Russian: Зализничное) is a rural settlement in Polohy Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine. Zaliznychne belongs to Huliaipole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 1,052 (2022 estimate).[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Zaliznychne belonged to Huliaipole Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Huliaipole Raion was merged into Polohy Raion.[3][4]

The settlement was established in 1937 around Huliapole train station that existed since 1898.[5] In 1961 it was renamed as Zaliznychne, which roughly means "railway".[5]

References

  1. ^ "Гуляйпольская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ a b Historic information (Історичні відомості). Zaliznychne.