Bilohirsk

Bilohirsk
Къарасувбазар, Белогорск
Belogorsk
City (de jure), Town of district significance (de facto)
Bilohirsk (uk), Qarasuvbazar (crh), Belogorsk (ru)
Ukrainian transcription(s)
  Ukrainian NationalBilohirsk
  ALA-LCBilohirsʹk
  ISO 9Bìlogìrsʹk
Russian transcription(s)
  ISO 9Belogorsk
Etymology: white mountains (for Bilohirsk, Belogorsk)
Bilohirsk
Location of Bilohirsk within Crimea
Coordinates: 45°3′16″N 34°36′8″E / 45.05444°N 34.60222°E / 45.05444; 34.60222
Country Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
Autonomous republicCrimea (de jure)
RaionBilohirsk Raion (de jure)
Federal subjectCrimea (de facto)
Area
  Total
5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2014)
  Total
16,354
  Density3,398.52/km2 (8,802.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:00 (MSK)
Postal code
97600 — 97609
Area code+7-36559
Websitehttp://belogorsk.crimea.ua/

Bilohirsk (until 1944 – Karasubazar, Ukrainian: Білогірськ; Russian: Белогорск, romanized: Belogorsk, Crimean Tatar: Qarasuvbazar/Къарасувбазар) is a city and the administrative centre of Bilohirsk Raion, one of the raions (districts) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is recognised by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine, but is occupied by Russia. Population: 16,354 (2014 Census).