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}}| settlement_type = City| image_skyline = File:Dormition church in Tatarbunary 02.jpg| image_caption = Dormition Church in Tatarbunary| image_shield = File:Tatarbunary gerb.png| image_flag = File:Tatarbunary prapor.png| shield_size = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Odesa Oblast#Ukraine| pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = List of sovereign states>Country| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}Oblasts of Ukraine>Oblast| subdivision_name1 = Odesa OblastRaions of Ukraine>Raion| subdivision_name2 = Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion| subdivision_type3 = Hromada| subdivision_name3 = Tatarbunary urban hromada| population_as_of = 2022| population_total = 10836| population_density_km2 = auto| population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 8.07| elevation_m = 14| timezone = EET| utc_offset = +2| timezone_DST = EEST| utc_offset_DST = +345252945region:UA|display=it}}| postal_code_type = Postal code| postal_code = 68100-68104| area_code = +380 4844| website = }}Tatarbunary (, {{IPA-uk|tɐtɐrbʊˈnɑrɪ|pron}}; ; ) is a city in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tatarbunary urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.WEB, Татарбунарська громада,weblink Портал об'єднаних громад України, ru, Tatarbunary is located north of the Danube Delta, in Budjak area, approximately {{convert|100|km|mi|sp=us}} south-west of the oblast center, Odesa, close to Sasyk Lagoon. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|10,836|punct=.}}The word "Tatarbunary" means "Tatar Wells" in South Slavic languages, with "bunar" borrowed from Turkic "pınar", "well". The name Tatarbunar is mentioned by Dimitrie Cantemir in his work Descriptio Moldaviae (1714–1716).

History

The settlement appears to have been founded in the 16th century,BOOK, Danylo Husar Struk, Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume V: St-Z,weblink 26 May 2016, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 978-1-4426-5127-2, 534, when the Principality of Moldavia, became dependent of the Ottoman Empire. Later it was annexed by the Russian Empire in 1812 along with Bessarabia (eastern half of the Principality of Moldavia). In the wake of the Russian Revolution, the region was claimed by the Moldavian Democratic Republic, the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Odesa Soviet Republic. Ultimately occupied by Romanian troops in mid February 1918, it formally became part of the Kingdom of Romania in March, after a regional council in Chişinău proclaimed the whole of Bessarabia united with the latter. During 1924, the settlement was the site of a peasants' revolt known as the Tatarbunary Uprising.In 1940, following Soviet Ultimatum the city and the Budzhak region was transferred to the USSR and incorporated into Ukrainian SSR as Akkerman Oblast. In 1941–44 it was occupied by Romania following the Axis attack on the Soviet Union.During World War II, an Einsatzgruppen massacred the local Jewish population in a mass execution.WEB,weblink yahadmap.org, YAHAD - IN UNUM, 18 June 2017, In 1978, Tatarbunary obtained city status. It now produces wine and woollen cloth.Until 18 July 2020, Tatarbunary was the administrative center of Tatarbunary Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Tatarbunary Raion was merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion.NEWS, Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.,weblink 2020-10-03, 2020-07-18, Голос України, uk, WEB, Нові райони: карти + склад,weblink Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України, Ukrainian,

Environmental issues

An assessment in August 2007 highlighted several problems.WEB,weblink Tatarbunary, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine – Partner visit to Mama-86 and Vozrozhdeniye in the frame of the Empowerment & Local Action/MFS Program, Anna Samwel, WECF, 22 August 2007, 24 June 2017,

Drinking water

The central water supply serves 60% of the population, drawing water from a depth of 120 metres. The water tastes salty, and the limited capacity means that water is available for only four hours per day. The other 40% of the population use private wells, but the water is dirty and unsuitable for drinking. Many people harvest rainwater, but this is considered unsuitable for drinking and is used for irrigation and washing. People have no choice but to drink processed water from water tanks.

Sanitation

Some sewage flows untreated into Sasyk Lagoon, others use pit latrines which present a problem because of regular flooding.

Pollution

The Sasyk Lagoon has become too dangerous for swimming because of pollution, including pesticides and heavy metals. The water is described as greenish with an unpleasant smell.This follows a Soviet project in the late 1970s, when a dam was built separating Sasyk Lagoon from the Black Sea with the idea of converting the lagoon to a fresh water lake to use for irrigation. However, this failed and the use of water from Sasyk resulted in the salinization of about 30,000 hectares of land, with associated impact on crops, and mineralization of ground water and wells.WEB,weblink Anna Onisimova, MAMA-86, Women Transform the Mainstream, 21 January 2016, 38, 24 June 2017, Many now favour breaking the dam and reconnecting the lagoon with the sea.

Health

The rates of cancer in this region are among the highest in Ukraine, especially among children and young adults.

Demographics

Ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian censusweblink{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Tatarbunary|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|81.50}}{{bar percent|Russians|purple|6.66}}{{bar percent|Bulgarians|turquoise|5.47}}{{bar percent|Romanians|pink|3.82}}{{bar percent|Gagauz|lightgreen|0.47}}{{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.27}}}} Native languages according to the 2001 Ukrainian censusweblink{{bar box|title=Native language in Tatarbunary|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|84.6}}{{bar percent|Russian|purple|7.8}}{{bar percent|Bulgarian|turquoise|3.6}}{{bar percent|Romanian|pink|2.4}}{{bar percent|Gagauz|lightgreen|0.2}}{{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.1}}{{bar percent|others|gray|1.2}}}}

Gallery

File:Tatarbunary culture palace.jpg|Tatarbunary culture palaceFile:Успенская церковь..JPG|Church of the DormitionFile:Holy Trinity church in Tatarbunary.jpg|Holy Trinity ChurchFile:Tatarbunary Uprising monument 03.jpg|Tatarbunary Uprising monument

References

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