Babai, Ukraine

Babai (Ukrainian: Бабаї; Russian: Бабаи) is a rural settlement in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the right bank of the Udy in the drainage basin of the Don. Babai belongs to Vysokyi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 6,487 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Babai Бабаї
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 49°53′49″N 36°11′45″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Raion	Kharkiv Raion
Population  (2022)
• Total	6,487
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 26 January 2024, Babai was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Babai became a rural settlement.^[3]

Economy

Transportation

The closest railway stations are Pokotylivka and Karachivka, both in Pokotylivka, on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Synelnykove via Lozova and Pavlohrad.

The settlement has road access to Highway M18 connecting Kharkiv with Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia.