Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
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Bilenke (Ukrainian: Біленьке; Russian: Беленькое, romanized: Belenkoye) is a village (a selo) in the Zaporizhzhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 4,976 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Bilenke was the administrative center of the Bilenke Rural Council, a local government area[2] before its abolishment in 2020.
Bilenke
Біленьке | |
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  Bilenke Location of Bilenke in Ukraine  Bilenke Location of Bilenke in Zaporizhzhia Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 47°37′26″N 35°02′46″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Zaporizhzhia Raion |
| Hromada | Bilenke rural hromada |
| Founded | 1770 |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.74 km2 (31.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 4,976 |
| • Density | 60.88/km2 (157.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 70441 |
| Area code | +380 612 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Penal colony No.99 is located in Bilenke. On 28 July 2025 it was bombed by Russian army, 16 people died and more than 50 were injured.[3][4]
