Bakhmach

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Bakhmach is a town in northern Ukraine known historically as a regional railway junction and settlement within the former Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.

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Bakhmach canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
climate humid continental climate
continent Europe
coordinateLocation 50.7333°N 32.8333°E
country Ukraine
countryCallingCode +380
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 137 metres
governingBody Bakhmach urban hromada council
hasHistoricalFunction railway hub
regional trade center
hasNearbySettlement Baturyn
Nizhyn
hasTransportInfrastructure railway junction
railway station
historicalEvent World War II military operations in the region
development as a railway junction in the late 19th century
historicallyPartOf Poltava Governorate
Russian Empire
historicalRegion Left-bank Ukraine
localLanguage Russian
locatedIn northern Ukraine
linked to: Northern Ukraine
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Chernihiv Oblast
linked to: Chernihiv region

Nizhyn Raion
locatedInFormerAdministrativeUnit Bakhmach Raion
locatedInRiverBasin Desna River basin
locatedOnTransportRoute Bakhmach railway junction
Kyiv–Moscow railway line
officialLanguage Ukrainian
population about 16,000
populationAsOf 2022
postalCode 16500
railwayLineServed Kyiv–Saint Petersburg line
Odesa–Bryansk line
subdivisionType city of district significance
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
utcOffset +2
utcOffsetDST +3
vehicleRegistrationCode CB
wasIncorporatedAsTown 20th century

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Poltava Governorate contains Bakhmach
Baturyn nearbyCity Bakhmach
Chernihiv region containsCity Bakhmach
Bakhmach Uyezd hasCapital Bakhmach
Bakhmach Uyezd namedAfter Bakhmach