Buzhanka | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Image Alt: | Buzhanka Memorial |
Coordinates: | 49.2333°N 30.6667°W |
Population Total: | 1963 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.02 |
Elevation M: | 161 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 19333 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast (province) |
Subdivision Name1: | Cherkasy Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion (district) |
Subdivision Name2: | Zvenyhorodka Raion |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast#Ukraine |
Buzhanka (Ukrainian: Бужанка) is a village of about 2000 in central Ukraine, located on the Hnylyi Tikych River, 24 kilometers northwest of the district capital Zvenyhorodka and 98 kilometers west of the oblast capital Cherkasy.
As of the 2001 census, Buzhanka had a population of 1,963. 1,954 of whom indicated Ukrainian as their native language, 6 Russian, 1 Belarusian, and 2 other.[1]
The village was first mentioned in writing at the beginning of the 17th century.