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Stara Syniava

Stara Syniava
Стара Синява
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms of Stara Syniava
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°35′45″N 27°37′23″E / 49.59583°N 27.62306°E / 49.59583; 27.62306Coordinates: 49°35′45″N 27°37′23″E / 49.59583°N 27.62306°E / 49.59583; 27.62306
Country  Ukraine
Province  Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District Flag of Starosyniavskiy Raion in Khmelnytsky Oblast.png Stara Syniava Raion
Magdeburg law 1543
Town status 1956
Government
 • Town Chief Mykola Movchan
Area
 • Total 0.014 km2 (0.005 sq mi)
Elevation 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. 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 and 5,581 in 2011.

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


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.



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