Baburka

Baburka (Ukrainian: Бабурка) is a village (a selo) in the Zaporizhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 362 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2]

Baburka Бабурка
Village
Baburka Location of Baburka in Zaporizhia Oblast
Coordinates: 47°47′48″N 35°03′40″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Zaporizhia Oblast
District	Zaporizhia Raion
Council	Dolynske Rural Council
Elevation [1]	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	362
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	70423
Area code	+380 61xx
Climate	Dfa
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

History

The settlement was first founded in 1785 as Burwalde by German-speaking Mennonites settling the Chortitza Colony.[3] Administratively, it belongs to the Dolynske Rural Council, a local government area.[2] It is located south of the Khortytskyi District of the city of Zaporizhia, the oblast's administrative center.

See also

• History of German settlement in Central and Eastern Europe

References

1. "Baburka (Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. "Baburka, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. "Chortitza Kolonie (1789-1943)". Mennonitische Geschichte und Ahnenforschung (in German). 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.