Shyroka Balka
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Shyroka Balka
Широка Балка | |
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Coordinates: 48°18′4″N 37°55′39″E / 48.30111°N 37.92750°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Province | Donetsk Oblast |
Elevation | 134 m (440 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 477 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 84619 |
Area code | +380 6242 |
Shyroka Balka (Ukrainian: Широка Балка; Russian: Широкая Балка) is a settlement in Horlivka municipality of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 43.5 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city.
During the War in Donbass, in 2015, the settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Raions_of_Horlivka.png/280px-Raions_of_Horlivka.png)
Districts of Horlivka: | Populated places: 1 — Hladosove 2 — Holmivskyi 3 — Zaitseve 4 — Mykhailivka 5 — Ozeryanivka 6 — Panteleymonivka 7 — Piatykhatky 8— Ryasne 9 — Stavky 10 — Fedorivka 11 — Shyroka Balka |
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[2]
- Ukrainian 71.28%
- Russian 28.51%
- Belorussian 0.21%
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