Chornobai
Чорнобай
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Chornobai
Flag
Coat of arms of Chornobai
Coat of arms
Chornobai is located in Cherkasy Oblast
Chornobai
Chornobai
Chornobai is located in Ukraine
Chornobai
Chornobai
Coordinates: 49°40′28″N 32°19′48″E / 49.67444°N 32.33000°E / 49.67444; 32.33000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Cherkasy Oblast
RaionZolotonosha Raion
Founded1656
Area
 • Total8,743 km2 (3,376 sq mi)
Elevation
121 m (397 ft)
Population
6,878
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
19900
Area code+380 4739

Chornobai (Ukrainian: Чорнобай) is an urban-type settlement in Zolotonosha Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Chornobai settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,878 (2022 estimate).[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Chornobai served as an administrative center of Chornobai Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Chornobai Raion was merged into Zolotonosha Raion.[3][4]

Population

The population of Chornobai was 7 311 as of 01.07.2015. People from various nationalities live in this urban-type settlement, including people from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Poland, Russia and the Czech Republic.

Name origin

The name "Chornobai" potentially means the name of one of the first residents. It is believed that a man called "Chornyy Bai" (Black Mr.) found the settlement and named it after himself. In fact, Chornobai had multiple names throughout its history.

Geography

Climate

Chornobai has a continental climate. Average temperature is -6°C in January and +24°C in July.

References

  1. ↑ "Чорнобаївська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  2. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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