Balabyne
Balabyne is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhia Raion of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Balabyne is the administrative center of the Balabyne Council, a local government area. Population:. In 2001, population was 5,668 according to the census.
The settlement was first founded in 1777 as the village of Petrivska. In 1938, it was renamed to Balabyne and given the status of an urban-type settlement. It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, just south of Zaporizhia's Komunarskyi District.
