Chyhyryn

Chyhyryn Чигирин
View of Chyhyryn from the city's Castle Hill.
Coat of arms
Chyhyryn Location of Chyhyryn
Coordinates: 49°05′N 32°40′E / 49.083°N 32.667°E / 49.083; 32.667Coordinates: 49°05′N 32°40′E / 49.083°N 32.667°E / 49.083; 32.667
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Raion	Chyhyryn Raion
City rights	1592
Government
• Mayor	Serhiy Oleksiiovych Tymchenko
Area
• Total	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation	124 m (407 ft)
Population
• Total	11,960
• Density	854/km2 (2,210/sq mi)
Postal code	20900-20906
Area code(s)	+380 4730
Website	Verkhovna Rada - City of Chygyrin

Chyhyryn (Ukrainian: Чигири́н, Ukrainian pronunciation: [t͡ʃɪɦɪˈrɪn]) or Chigirin (Russian: Чигири́н), is a city and important historic site located in the Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. From 1648 to 1669 the city was the Hetman capital of the Cossack Hetmanate and a traditional place for the appointment to the office of Hetman of Zaporizhian Host.

Chyhyryn (Ukrainian: Чигирин) or Chigirin (Russian: Чигири́н) Polish: Czehryń, Turkish: Çigirin or Çehrin

Today the city resting on the banks of Tiasmyn River is the administrative center of the Chyhyryn Raion with its current population estimated at just over 10,000. The city lies at an altitude of 124 metres above mean sea level. Minor industries, such as food and furniture factories, exist in the town today.

The area (1320–1569) had been part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was ceded to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (in the Kijów Voivodeship of the Crown of Poland) before the Union of Lublin. It was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1592 by Sigismund III Vasa.