Shpola, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
🇺🇦 Shpola (Шпола) is a city located in Zvenyhorodka Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. In May 2011, a 14-meter monument was installed on the outskirts of the city, claiming that Shpola is the geographical centre of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shpola urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Geography: Administrative status In 1797, Shpola became part of the Zvenigorod district in the Kiev Governorate. It has been a city since 1938. Until 18 July, 2020, Shpola served as an administrative centre of Shpola 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 Shpola Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.
History After the revolution of 1917, Shpola became first a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and then of the USSR.
During World War II, Nazi Germany invaded USSR, and the Jewish population of Shpola was massacred in 1942. Today Jews make up around 0.5% of Shpola's population.
Demographics In 1847, Shpola's Jewish population numbered 1,156. By 1897, that number had grown to 5,388 of a total population of 11,933, or about 45%. This level held steady until the Second World War. In 1989, the population of the city was 22, 378 people.
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Shpola has a population of over 16,323 people. Shpola also forms part of the wider Zvenyhorodka Raion which has a population of over 193,804 people. It is also a part of the larger Cherkasy Oblast. Shpola is situated near Zvenyhorodka.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Shpola has links with:
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🇩🇪 Regensburg 49.015
🇩🇪 Weißenburg in Bayern 49.017
🇺🇦 Horishni Plavni 49.017
🇨🇿 České Budějovice 48.976
🇫🇷 Deuil-la-Barre 48.976
🇫🇷 Châlons-en-Champagne 48.956
🇫🇷 Épinay-sur-Seine 48.955
🇫🇷 Villepinte 48.955
🇺🇦 Syeverodonets'k 48.949
🇫🇷 Argenteuil 48.942
🇪🇬 El Mansoura 31.377
🇪🇬 Al Khankah 31.367
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🇷🇺 Staraya Russa 31.333
🇺🇦 Voznesensk 31.3
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Locations Near: Shpola 31.3833,48.9833
🇺🇦 Zvenyhorodka 30.933,49.1 d: 35.3
🇺🇦 Cherkasy 32.085,49.436 d: 71.7
🇺🇦 Zolotonosha 32.033,49.667 d: 89.4
🇺🇦 Kropyvnytskyi 32.267,48.5 d: 84.2
🇺🇦 Obukhiv 30.627,50.11 d: 136.7
🇺🇦 Voznesensk 31.3,47.567 d: 157.6
🇺🇦 Boryspil 30.955,50.353 d: 155.4
🇺🇦 Bila Tserkva 30.109,49.811 d: 130.3
Antipodal to: Shpola -148.617,-48.983
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16517.4
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16126.1
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15661.3
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15570.4
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12348.1
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12225.6
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12207.6
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12206.4