Verkhniachka

Verkhniachka (Ukrainian: Верхнячка) (previously named Stari Korchaky, Ukrainian: Старі Корчаки) is an urban-type settlement located in Uman Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It belongs to Khrystynivka urban hromada with the administration in the town of Khrystynivka, one of the amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 3,547 (2020 est.)[2]

Verkhniachka Верхнячка
Urban-type settlement
Verkhniachka Location of Verkhniachka in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°49′34″N 30°02′14″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Cherkasy Oblast
District	Uman Raion
Founded	1876
Town status	1960
Government
• Town Head	Bohdan Doroshenko
Elevation	231 m (758 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,547
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	20022
Area code	+380 4745
Website	rada.gov.ua

Until 18 July 2020, Verkhniachka belonged to 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.[3][4]

References

1. "Христиновская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

External links

• "Werchniaczka". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 13. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1893. p. 221.