{{short description|City in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Novomyrhorod | native_name = {{lang|uk|Новомиргород}} | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Novomyrhorod Montage.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = {{hlist|Clockwise from top right: Skyline of the town|Elias Church (1786)|Panski Hory Reserve|Monument to Taras Shevchenko|Former Hospital (1913)|Zlatopil Gymnasium|Central Square}} | image_flag = Novomyrhorod flag.svg | flag_alt = Novomyrhorod Flag | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Novomyrhorod gerb.png | shield_alt = Novomyrhorod coat of arms | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Ukraine#Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates = {{Coord|48|47|N|31|39|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Kirovohrad Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Novoukrainka Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Novomyrhorod urban hromada | established_title = Founded | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 88.52 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 10715 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal code| | postal_code = 26000-26001 | area_code_type = | area_code = +380 5256 | iso_code = | website = {{URL|http://novomirgorod.com.ua/}} | footnotes = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }}

'''Novomyrhorod''' ({{langx|uk|Новомиргород}}, {{IPA|uk|nowoˈmɪrɦorod|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Новомиргород.wav}}) 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.<ref name="admreform_2020_novomyrhorod">{{cite web |title=Новомиргородская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/novomyrgorodska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> The population of Novomyrhorod is approximately {{Ua-pop-est2022|10,715|.}}

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

==Name and history==

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.<ref>Новомиргород // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 18. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974.</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>Новомиргород // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.41</ref>

In 1989 the population was 16 349 people.<ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />

In 2013 population was 11 569 people.<ref>[http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.72]</ref>

Until 18 July 2020, Novomyrhorod was the administrative center of Novomyrhorod Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Novomyrhorod Raion was merged into Novoukrainka Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

==Notable people== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> *Stepan Kozhumyaka (1898–1989) — Ukrainian engineer, bridge-builder and linguist *Viacheslav Petrov (b. 1994) — Ukrainian professional basketball player.

==Gallery== <gallery> Image:New serbia slavo serbia.png|Location of Novomyrhorod and former New Serbia Image:Новомиргородський вокзал.JPG|Novomyrhorod railway station Image:Entering Novomyrhorod.jpg|Entering the Novomyrhorod from the direction of Kropyvnytskyi </gallery>

==See also==

* Zlatopol — former town, Jewish shtetl, now it is a part of Novomyrhorod.

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Kirovohrad Oblast}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Cities in Kirovohrad Oblast Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine Category:Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd