Founded 1890 Elevation 238 m (781 ft) Area code(s) +380-4745 Population 18,671 (2010) | City status 1956 Postal code 20000-20008 Area 13 km² Local time Monday 10:57 AM | |
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Raion Ukraine
Cherkasy Oblast
Khrystynivka Raion Weather 5°C, Wind NE at 16 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
Khrystynivka (Ukrainian: Христи́нівка, [xrɪsˈtɪnʲiwkɑ]; Russian: Христи́новка, Khristinovka) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 11,650 (2001).
Map of Khrystynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
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.
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