Berdyansk

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Berdyansk
Бердянськ

Great Dzendzyk cape
at the tip of Berdyansk spit by Sea of Azov


Flag	Coat of arms

Government

Country
Oblast
Raion

Ukraine
Zaporizhia Oblast
Berdyansk City Municipality

Founded

1827

City rights

1835

Mayor

Valery Baranov

Geographical characteristics

Area
- City
- Land

km²
82.65 km²

Population
- City ([[]])

123,000

Coordinates

46°45′0″N 36°47′0″E / 46.75, 36.78333Coordinates: 46°45′0″N 36°47′0″E / 46.75, 36.78333

Other Information

Postal Code

71100

Dialing Code

+380-06153

Website: www.rada.berdyansk.net

Berdyansk (Ukrainian: Бердянськ, translit. Berdyans’k, Russian: Бердянск, Berdyansk) is a port city in the Zaporizhia Oblast (province) of south-central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Berdyansky Raion (district), the city itself is directly subordinate to the oblast, and is located on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov.

The current estimated population is around 125,000 (as of 2001).

Berdyansk is also home to a health resort with mud-baths and climatic treatments.

The city was founded in 1827 under the name Kutur-Ogly, which in 1830 was changed to Novo-Nogaisk (see Nogai). Its present name was given to the city in 1842.

Between 1939 and 1958 it was known as Osipenko, the name now used by the nearby town Osypenko.

The main cultural and educational institutions of Berdyansk are its Museums of Arts, Museum of Natural Sciences, the Pedagogical Institute, and the Medical School. The Museum of City History was to be opened in September 2005.

Administrative divisions of Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Raions	Berdianskyi \| Chernihivskyi \| Huliaipilskyi \| Kamyansko-Dniprovskyi \| Kuibyshevskyi \| Melitopolskyi \| Mykhailivskyi \| Novomykolaivskyi \| Orikhivskyi \| Polohivskyi \| Pryazovskyi \| Prymorskyi \| Rozivskyi \| Tokmatskyi \| Vasylivskyi \| Velykobilozerskyi \| Veselivskyi \| Vilnianskyi \| Zaporizkyi
Cities	Berdiansk \| Dniprorudne \| Huliaipole \| Enerhodar \| Kamianka-Dniprovska \| Melitopol \| Molochansk \| Orikhiv \| Polohy \| Prymorsk \| Tokmak \| Vasylivka \| Vilniansk \| Zaporizhia
Urban-type settlements	Andriivka \| Balabyne \| Chernihivka \| Kamiane \| Komysh-Zoria \| Kuibysheve \| Kumyshuvakha \| Kushhum \| Kyrylivka \| Malokaterynivka \| Mukhailivka \| Myrne \| Novomykolaivka \| Novovasulivka \| Pryazovske \| Pryshyb \| Rozivka \| Stepnohirsk \| Teplychne \| Ternuvate \| Vesele \| Yakymivka \| Zaliznychne \| more...
Villages	Velyka Bilozerka \| more...