Yerky
Yerky (Ukrainian: Єрки) is an urban-type settlement in Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Yerky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 3,874 (2022 estimate).[3]
Yerky
Єрки | |
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  Yerky Location of Yerky in Ukraine  Yerky Yerky (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°58′57″N 30°59′57″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Cherkasy Oblast |
| Raion | Zvenyhorodka Raion |
| Urban-type settlement status | 1960 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Leonid Polovyi |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 3,874 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 20505 |
| Area code | +380 4742 |
Until 18 July 2020, Yerky belonged to Katerynopil 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 Katerynopil Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.[4][5]
Notable people
- Viacheslav Chornovil (1937), Ukrainian politician, dissident, and longtime proponent of Ukrainian independence.[6]
References
- "Yerky (Cherkasy Oblast, Katerynopil Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- "Єрківська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- 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.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- "Viacheslav Chornovil. Life dedicated to Ukraine. Biographical description". International Informational Weekly of the Ukrainian Diaspora (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
External links
- "Jerki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 3. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1882. p. 565.
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