Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

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Coordinates: 49°25′0″N, 27°00′0″E

Khmelnytskyi
Хмельницький

Flag Coat of arms
Location
Map of Ukraine with Khmelnytskyi.
Government
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast City Municipality
First mentioned	1493
City rights	September 22, 1937
Geographical characteristics
Area  - City	90 km²
Population  - City (2005)    - Density	254,000   2,822/km²
Coordinates	49°25′0″N, 27°00′0″E
Other Information
Postal Code	29000
Dialing Code	+380 382
Sister cities	Ciechanów, Modesto
Website: www.khmelnytsky.com

Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian: Хмельницький, translit.: Khmel'nyts'kyi; Russian: Хмельницкий; Polish: Chmielnicki) is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about 340km from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The city was founded in 1493 as Proskuriv (Russian: Proskurov), but was later renamed to Khmelnytskyi in 1954 on the three-hundredth anniversary of a treaty negotiated by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. The alternative transliterations of the name include Khmelnitskiy, Khmelnitsky, and Khmelnytskyy. The city is served by Khmelnytskyi Ruzhichnaya Airport. As of 2005, the city's population is 254,000.

The town was notable for a series of pogroms carried out in the region, the last of which claimed an estimated 1,500 lives on February 15, 1919.

Khmelnytskyi should not be confused with Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, a city in Ukraine's Kiev Oblast.

The football team FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi is based in Khmelnytskyi.

[edit] Famous people from Khmelnytskyi

• Ariel Durant, author

[edit] Views of Khmelnytskyi

Podillya Hotel - main hotel in Khmelnitsky

Podilska St, near Trade Center

Shevchenko Street - one of the main streets of Khmelnitsky

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	Administrative divisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine
	Raions: Bilohirskyi | Chemerovetskyi | Derazhnianskyi | Dunaievetskyi | Horodotskyi | Iziaslavskyi | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | Krasylivskyi | Letychivskyi | Novoushytskyi | Polonskyi | Shepetivskyi | Slavutskyi | Starokostiantynivskyi | Starosyniavskyi | Teofipolskyi | Vinkovetskyi | Volochyskyi | Yarmolynetskyi
	Cities: Derazhnia | Dunaivtsi | Horodok | Iziaslav | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | Krasyliv | Netishyn | Polonne | Shepetivka | Slavuta | Starokostiantyniv | Volochysk
	Urban-type settlements: Antoniny | Bazaliya | Bilohirya | Chemerivtsi | Chornyi Ostriv | Hrytsiv | Letychiv | Lozove | Medzhybizh | Narkevychi | Nova Ushytsya | Poninka | Sataniv | Smotrych | Stara Syniava | Stara Ushytsya | Teofipol | Vinkivtsi | Viytivtsi | Vovkovyntsi | Yampil | Yarmolyntsi | Zakupne | more...
	Villages: Kupyn | Kholodets | Kupel | Kutkivtsi | Pyliava | more...

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