Shyshaky
{{short description|Rural locality in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine}}
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Shyshaky ({{langx|uk|Шишаки}}; {{langx|ru|Шишаки}}) is a rural settlement in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative center of Shyshaky Raion until 2020, but now administrated within Myrhorod Raion. Shyshaky hosts the administration of Shyshaky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Шишацкая громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/shyshacka/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} It is located on the left bank of the Psel, a left tributary of the Dnieper. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|4,242|punct=.}}
History
In ХІХ century Shyshaky was part of Shyshaky volost, Mirgorodsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate.[http://www.surnameindex.info/info/poltava/mirgorod/mirgorod/index.html Историческая информация о местечке Миргород]
Until 26 January 2024, Shyshaky was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Shyshaky became a rural settlement.{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |lang=ru| date=1 January 2024}}
Economy
=Transportation=
The settlement has access to Highway M03 connecting Kyiv and Kharkiv via Poltava. It also has access to Velyki Sorochyntsi and Myrhorod.
The closest railway station, Yareski, about {{convert|10|km|mi}} southwest of Shyshaky and on the railway line connecting Poltava and Romodan via Myrhorod. There is both local and long-distance passenger traffic.