What is Chernobyl?
{{dablink|This page is about the city of Chernobyl Ukraine. For information on the 1986 nuclear plant disaster, see [[Chernobyl disaster]]}} {{Infobox settlement | native_name = {{native name|uk|Чорнобиль}} | name = Chernobyl | other_name = Chornobyl | settlement_type = City of district significance | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Administrative center, Radiation Control (11383715816).jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = Chornobyl's Old City Hall building | image_shield = Herb Chornobyl.gif | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Kiev Oblast|Kyiv Oblast]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Chernobyl Raion]] {{small|(1923–1988)}}<br />[[Ivankiv Raion]] {{small|(1988–2020)}}<br />[[Vyshhorod Raion]] {{small|(2020–present)}}<br>[[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone]] (''[[de facto]]'') {{small|(1986–present)}} | leader_title = Administration | leader_name = [[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone#Administration|State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1193 | established_title1 = City status | established_date1 = 1941 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_total = 1,054 [[Samosely|inhabitants]] | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 07270 | area_total_km2 = 25 | area_code