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Novomyrhorod

Novomyrhorod (Ukrainian: Новомиргород, IPA: [nowoˈmɪrɦorod] ) is a city in Novoukrainka Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine, in the southern part of the Middle Dnieper area. It hosts the administration of Novomyrhorod urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population of Novomyrhorod is approximately 10,715 (2022 estimate).

Novomyrhorod is situated on the banks of the Velyka Vys River.

The name literally means "New Myrhorod" or "new peace town".The town was founded in 1746.

Between 1752 and 1764, Novomyrhorod was the capital of New Serbia, a military frontier established by the Russian Empire that had an ethnic Romanian majority.

Since 1802 it was a town in Kherson Governorate of Russian Empire.

Since 1923 Novomyrhorod was the district center of Yelysavethradsky District, Ukrainian SSR.

City since 1960.

In 1989 the population was 16 349 people.

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