Shpola
Sign in to saveShpola ( ) is a city located in Zvenyhorodka Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. In May 2011, a 14-meter monument was installed on the outskirts of the city, claiming that Shpola is the geographical center of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shpola urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Shpola
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Памятник Т.Шевченку в Шполі, Черкащина.TIF
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Taras Shevchenko monument
- Settlement.image_flag
- Shpola prapor.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of shpola.PNG
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Ukraine of Shpola within Cherkasy Oblast.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cherkasy Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zvenyhorodka Raion
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1594
- Settlement.established_title1
- City rights
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1938
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Shpola ( ) is a city located in Zvenyhorodka Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. In May 2011, a 14-meter monument was installed on the outskirts of the city, claiming that Shpola is the geographical center of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shpola urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of
==Administrative status== In 1797, Shpola became part of the Zvenigorod district in the Kiev Governorate. It has been a city since 1938. Until 18 July 2020, Shpola served as an administrative center of Shpola 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 Shpola Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.
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