Bushtyno

Bushtyno
Буштино
Urban-type settlement

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Bushtyno

Location of Bushtyno in Zakarpattia Oblast

Coordinates: 48°03′13″N 23°28′36″E / 48.05361°N 23.47667°ECoordinates: 48°03′13″N 23°28′36″E / 48.05361°N 23.47667°E
Country  Ukraine
Province  Zakarpattia Oblast
District Tiachiv Raion
First mentioned 1373
Town status 1957
Government
 • Town Head Ivan Sabadosh
Area
 • Total 12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 207 m (679 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 8,643
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 90556
Area code +380 3134
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Bushtyno (Ukrainian: Буштино; Hungarian: Bustyaháza; Romanian: Buştea) is an urban-type settlement in Tiachiv Raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.[2] The town's population was 8,506 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: Population: 8,643 (2013 est.)[3]. Bushtyno is located in a small valley where the Tereblia and the Tisza rivers meet.[4]

The settlement was first mentioned in 1373 as the village of Bushta.[4] In 1910, the settlement belonged to the Máramaros County of the Kingdom of Hungary. At the time the settlement was known as Bustyaháza, a Hungarian variant of the name, and contained a total of 2,056 inhabitants, the majority of which were Ruthenians.

In 1930, the settlement's Jewish population was 1,042.[5] In 1957, the settlement was granted the status of an urban-type settlement.[2] In 1995, the settlement was renamed from Bushtyna (Ukrainian: Буштина) to the current "Bushtyno."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bushtyno (Zakarpattia Oblast, Tiachiv Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bushtyno, Zakarpattia Oblast, Tiachiv Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bushtyno". Reference on the Carpathians and more (in Ukrainian). КАРПАТИ.INFO. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Bushtyno, Ukraine". JewishGen Locality Page. JewishGen. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Zakarpattia Oblast decree". Organs of self-government: laws regarding the administrative structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

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