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	Coa	Sumy-COAPNG
	Map	Sumy-Ukraine-Mappng
	Oblast	Sumy Oblast
	Area	145
	Pop	283,700
	Year	2004
	Density	1,988
	Founded	1652 or 1653
	N1	50 N2 = 55 E1 = 34 E2 = 45
	Code	42
	Sisters	Celle

Sumy (, ) is a City on the Psel River in the Ukraine , and the Capital of the Sumy Oblast . Sumy is a Twin Town of Celle , Germany since January 17 , 1990 . As of 2004 , the city's population is 283,700.

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population by year

1850 - 11,500 inhabitants

1897 - 27,564 inhabitants

1913 - 50,400 inhabitants

1926 - 44,000 inhabitants

1939 - 69,000 inhabitants

1959 - 98,000 inhabitants

1970 - 159,000 inhabitants

1979 - 231,558 inhabitants

1989 - 293,706 inhabitants

2001 - 295,847 inhabitants

Nationality Census

1897 - 70,53% Ukrainians , 24,1% Russians 2,6% Jews

1926 - 80,7% Ukrainians , 11,8% Russians 5,5% Jews

1959 - 79% Ukrainians , 20% Russians

FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM SUMY

Lev Yefimovitch Kerbel , Soviet Sculptor

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