Koshary () is a village in

Odesa Raion Odesa Raion () or Odessa Raion () is a List of raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 17 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. Biliaivka Raion, Biliaivka Municipality, Bili ...

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(

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) of south-western

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. It forms part of

Yuzhne urban hromada Pivdenne urban hromada () is a hromada in Odesa Raion of Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Population: The hromada consists of a city of Pivdenne, a rural settlement Novi Biliari and 5 villages: * Biliari * Buldynka * Hryhorivka Hryhorivk ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. It is situated on the country's

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coast and the

Tylihul Estuary __NOTOC__ The Tylihul Estuary also called Tylihulskyi lyman () or simply Tiligul is a Ramsar-listed government protected estuary or liman of the Tylihul River. Located in Odesa Oblast in the south of Ukraine, the estuary includes an ornitholog ...

. The ancient city of Odessos is thought to be located near Koshary.

History

Koshary was founded in 1887. Until 18 July 2020, Koshary was located in Lyman 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 Lyman Raion was split between Berezivka and Odesa Raions and Koshary was transferred to the latter.

Demographics

According to the 1989 census, the population of the village was 212 people, of whom 98 were men and 114 were women. According to the 2001 census of Ukraine, 161 people lived in the village.

Languages

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

References

{{reflist Villages in Odesa Raion Populated places in Pivdenne urban hromada Populated places established in 1887 Populated places established in the Russian Empire Populated coastal places in Ukraine