Kopaihorod
Sign in to saveKopaihorod () is a rural settlement in Zhmerynka Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Nemiia, a left tributary of the Dniester. Kopaihorod hosts the administration of Kopaihorod settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: It is located in the historic region of Podolia.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kopaihorod
- Settlement.native_name
- Копайгород
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- uk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Rural settlement
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Костьол_віддано_католикам.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Holy Sprit Church in Kopaihorod
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast#Ukraine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Vinnytsia Oblast##Location in Ukraine
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ukraine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vinnytsia Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zhmerynka Raion
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1624
- Settlement.founder
- Łukasz Kazimierz Maskowski
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban-type settlement in Ukraine
- Official name
- Копайгород
- Country
- Ukraine
- Located in
- Bar Raion
- Population
- 1258
- Elevation
- 260
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Костьол віддано католикам.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kopaihorod
- postal code
- 23053
- native label
- Копайгород
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- WikiProject Ukraine
- P8168
- Thomson Chan
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Kopaihorod () is a rural settlement in Zhmerynka Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Nemiia, a left tributary of the Dniester. Kopaihorod hosts the administration of Kopaihorod settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: It is located in the historic region of Podolia.
==History== thumb|left|upright=0.55|Historic coat of arms In 1624, Polish King Sigismund III Vasa allowed Łukasz Kazimierz Maskowski to establish the town of Nowogród, and appointed him as wójt. Sigismund III granted Magdeburg rights, established annual fairs and two weekly markets, and exempted the townspeople from taxes for 20 years. Sigismund III also granted the coat of arms, depicting Mary with the infant Jesus and the Leliwa coat of arms of the founder of the town. Maskowski built the first church. By 1635, it was mentioned in official documents as Kopajgród. It was a royal town of Poland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kopaihorod” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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