Cherkasy
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Summary
Cherkasy is a city of regional significance of Ukraine[1]. Cherkasy draws 3,461 Wikipedia views per month (city of regional significance of ukraine category, ranking #20 of 119).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cherkasy urban hromada[3]
- Country: Ukraine[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Dnieper[5]
- Head of government: Anatolii Bondarenko[6]
- Official language: Ukrainian[7]
- Flag: flag of Cherkasy[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Bydgoszcz[9], Fergana[10], Sumgait[11], Rustavi[12], Wanzhou[13], Petah Tikva[14], Madaba[15], Kuşadası[16], Vagharshapat[17], Jilin City[18], Aktau[19]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Cherkasy[20]
- Postal code: 18000-499[21]
- Commons category: Cherkasy[22]
- Licence plate code: CA[23], IА / 24[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[25], UTC+03:00[26]
- Local dialing code: 0472[27]
- Official website: http://www.rada.cherkasy.ua/ua/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cherkasy[29]
- Population: 281,549[30], 275,882[31], 269,836[32]
- Time of earliest written record: 1284[33]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[38], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39]
- Capital of: Cherkasy Oblast[40], Tsherkassy County[41], Cherkasy Raion[42], Cherkasy urban hromada[43], Cherkasy Okruha[44]
- Official name: Черкаси[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cherkasy[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cherkasy[47]
- Native label: Черкаси[48]
- Category for people buried here: Q7978732[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Cherkasy[50]
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Physical Characteristics
Cherkasy covers an area of 78 km²[51]. Cherkasy sits at an elevation of 110 m[52].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Cherkasy include Novocherkassk[53], a big city[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1805[56] and Cherkasy International Airport[57], an international airport[58], in Ukraine[59].
Why It Matters
Cherkasy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Cherkasy is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for Cherkasy include Novocherkassk[53], a big city[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1805[56] and Cherkasy International Airport[57], an international airport[58], in Ukraine[59].