Khrystynivka

Khrystynivka Христинівка
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Khrystynivka
Coordinates: 48°48′N 29°58′E / 48.800°N 29.967°E / 48.800; 29.967Coordinates: 48°48′N 29°58′E / 48.800°N 29.967°E / 48.800; 29.967
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(s)	+380-4745
Website	http://khryst-rada.gov.ua/

Khrystynivka (Ukrainian: Христи́нівка, Ukrainian pronunciation: [xrɪsˈtɪnʲiwkɑ]; Russian: Христи́новка, Khristinovka) 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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