Kotlovyna (until 1948: Bolboka; uk, Котловина; gag, Bolboka; ro, Bulboaca, formerly and ) is a
selo in
Izmail Raion of the southern
Ukrainian oblast of
Odesa. It belongs to
Reni urban hromada, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
Kotlovyna is situated on the western bank of
Lake Yalpuh. According to the
2001 Ukrainian census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. , 86.72% of the village population spoke
Gagauz.
In 2001 its population was recorded as 2,643.
Until 18 July 2020, Kotlovyna belonged to
Reni 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 Reni Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.
References
Villages in Izmail Raion
Reni urban hromada
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