Stara Syniava

Stara Syniava
Стара Синява
Urban-type settlement
Coordinates: UA 49°35′45″N 27°37′23″E / 49.59583°N 27.62306°E / 49.59583; 27.62306Coordinates: UA 49°35′45″N 27°37′23″E / 49.59583°N 27.62306°E / 49.59583; 27.62306
Country  Ukraine
Province  Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District Stara Syniava Raion
Magdeburg law 1543
Town status 1956
Government
 • Town Chief Mykola Movchan
Area
 • Total 0.014 km2 (0.005 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 294 m (965 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total Increase 5,621
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 31400
Area code +380 3850
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Stara Syniava (Ukrainian: Стара Синява) is an urban-type settlement in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.[2] Stara Syniava also serves as the administrative center of the Stara Syniava Raion (district), housing the raion's local administration buildings. The town's population was 5,961 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census[2] and 5,581 in 2011.[3]

The settlement, previously named Syniava, received the Magdeburg rights in 1543.[4] In 1956, the town received the status of an urban-type settlement.[2]


Jewish Population

Stara Syniava had a large Jewish population for nearly 300 years, having been given the status of shtetl. Starting in the late 1970s and into the 2000s, most of Stara Syniava's Jewish population emigrated from the former USSR and Russia, mostly to the U.S, Canada, and Israel.

References

  1. ↑ "Stara Syniava (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Stara Syniava Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stara Syniava, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Stara Syniava Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Actual Population of Ukraine on January 1, 2011" (PDF). State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Main Statistical Office in L'viv region. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Stara Syniava". Cities and Monuments of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 January 2013.


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