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# Balakliia

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Балаклія.

## English name

**Balakliia** — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.

Other forms in use:

- **Balakliya** — Russian-based form widely encountered in English reporting.
- **Balakleya** — Alternative Russian-based English form.
- **Balaklìâ** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Балаклія** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Balakliia** — Same spelling as in English; selected for current French use, without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.

Other forms in use:

- **Balakleïa** — Russian-based French transcription.
- **Balaklia** — Simplified French and international spelling.

## About

Balakliia is a city in Kharkiv Oblast near the Siverskyi Donets. It is associated with construction-material industries and was a focus of fighting during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

## Notes

The English main form follows Ukrainian Балаклія. The description gives no current operational or control information. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q986263](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q986263) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/balakliia/?format=json)


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