Velyka Bahachka

Velyka Bahachka
Велика Багачка
Velyka Bahachka
Location in Poltava Oblast
Velyka Bahachka
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°47′17″N 33°43′23″E / 49.78806°N 33.72306°E / 49.78806; 33.72306
Country Ukraine
Oblast Poltava Oblast
RaionMyrhorod Raion
Population
 (2022)
  Total
5,261
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Velyka Bahachka (Ukrainian: Велика Багачка, Russian: Великая Багачка) is a rural settlement in Poltava Oblast in Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative center of Velyka Bahachka Raion, but now administered within Myrhorod Raion. It is located on the Psel, a left tributary of the Dnieper. Population: 5,261 (2022 estimate) The first mentions of the settlement appeared at the end of the 16th - at the beginning of the 17th century. On Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan's map, created in the 17th century, it is marked as Bohak. The settlement arose as a result of Cossack colonization.