Bilohirsk (until 1944 – Karasubazar, Ukrainian: Білогірськ, romanized: Bilohirsk; Russian: Белого́рск, romanized: Belogorsk, Crimean Tatar: Qarasuvbazar/Къарасувбазар) is a town and the administrative centre in Belohirsk Raion, one of the raions (districts) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is recognised by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine, but is occupied by Russia. Population: 16,354 (2014 Census). The city is located 25 miles east-northeast of Simferopol on the Biiuk Karasu river. The city's both Russian and Ukrainian names literally are translated as "white mountains", and the Crimean Tatar name Qarasuvbazar means "bazaar on the Karasu river".
