| Balabyne | |
| Native Name: | Балабине |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Zaporizhia Oblast#Ukraine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Balabyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Coordinates: | 47.7442°N 35.2203°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Zaporizhzhia Raion |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1777 |
| Established Title2: | Settlement status |
| Established Date2: | 1938 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.613 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 35 |
| Population Total: | 5850 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 70435–436 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 61 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Dfa |
| Website: | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Balabyne (uk|Балабине; ru|Балабино) is a rural settlement in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. Balabyne is the administrative center of the Balabyne Council, a local government area. It belongs to Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: In 2001, population was 5,668 according to the census.[3]
The settlement was first founded in 1777 as the village of Petrivska (uk|Петрівська). In 1938, it was renamed to Balabyne and given the status of an urban-type settlement.[3] It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, just south of Zaporizhzhia's Komunarskyi District.