Chornomorske

Chernomorskoye/Chornomorske Чорноморське/Черноморское/Aqmeçit
Urban-type settlement
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Chernomorskoye/Chornomorske Location of Chornomorske in Crimea
Coordinates: 45°30′07″N 32°42′09″E / 45.50194°N 32.70250°E / 45.50194; 32.70250Coordinates: 45°30′07″N 32°42′09″E / 45.50194°N 32.70250°E / 45.50194; 32.70250
Country	Disputed  Russia,  Ukraine
Republic	Crimea
District	Chornomorske Raion
Urban-type settlement status	1957
Government
• Head	Serhiy Kryvobokov
Area
• Total	119 km2 (46 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	11,267
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	MSK (UTC+4)
Postal code	96400 (Ukraine); 296400, 296406, 296407 (Russia)
Area code	+380 6558 (Ukraine)

Chernomorskoye or Chornomorske (Ukrainian: Чорномо́рське; Russian: Черномо́рское; Crimean Tatar: Aqmeçit, Greek: Καλός Λιμήν) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Chornomorske Raion in Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. It is located on the northern edge of the Tarkhankut Peninsula. Population: 11,267 (2014 Census); 11,643 (2001 Census).

The first inhabitants on the shore of the current narrow bay were the Greeks as part of the Greek colonization of the Black Sea. The city of Kalos Limen (Καλός Λιμήν – Lovely Harbor) was founded on this site by Chersonesus in the second half of the 4th century BC. It was one of the important centers of agriculture and trade, among both Greek and Scythian centers. By the middle of the 2nd century BC in the Greco-Scythian war, the town had been captured the Scythians. Although liberated by Pontic intervention by the end of the 2nd century, it again fell under Scythian control by the mid-1st century BC to the early 2nd century AD. Scythian control ended permanently thereafter, possibly owing to Roman intervention.