Khrystynivka is a city in Uman Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Khrystynivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Khrystynivka served as an administrative center of Khrystynivka 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 Khrystynivka Raion was merged into Uman Raion.

History

It is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4000–3600 BC belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was very large for its time, covering an area of 100 hectares. This proto-city is one of just 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.

Population

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the city's population was 11,650. Ukrainians accounted for 94.9% of the population and Russians for 3.5%.

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census: