Korop

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Korop
Короп
Flag of Korop
Flag
Coat of arms of Korop
Coat of arms
Korop is located in Chernihiv Oblast
Korop
Korop
Coordinates: 51°34′N 32°58′E / 51.567°N 32.967°E / 51.567; 32.967Coordinates: 51°34′N 32°58′E / 51.567°N 32.967°E / 51.567; 32.967

Korop (Ukrainian: Короп) is an urban-type settlement (town) in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population is 5,071 (2021 est.)[2]

The name of the settlement means "carp" in Ukrainian, and the fish is present in the coat of arms and flag of the settlement.

Korop cited first in hetman's universal statement in 1638. Many pre-historic settlements, dated to the 3rd to 5th centuries and the 10th to 13th centuries have been discovered near Korop.

Until 18 July 2020, Korop was the administrative center of Korop Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Korop Raion was merged into Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion.[3][4]

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Коропская 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 11 July 2021.
  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.

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