Khrystynivka
Khrystynivka
Христинівка | |
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City | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country Oblast Raion | Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast Khrystynivka Raion |
| Founded | 1890 |
| City status | 1956 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mykola Nakonechnyj |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 238 m (781 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 18,671 |
| Postal code | 20000-20008 |
| Area code | +380-4745 |
| Website | http://khryst-rada.gov.ua/ |
Khrystynivka (Ukrainian: Христи́нівка, Ukrainian pronunciation: [xrɪsˈtɪnʲiwkɑ]; [Христи́новка, Khristinovka] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 11,650 (2001).
It is also the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4000 - 3600 BC belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time very large, covering an area of 100 hectares. This proto-city are just one of 2,440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000 - 2700 BC and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100 - 300 - 450 Hectares.[1]
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