Editing Sumy (section)

{{About|the city in Ukraine}}{{Short description|City and administrative center of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}}
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| name               = Sumy
| native_name        = {{lang|uk|Суми}}
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| image1 = Skyline of Sumy (cropped).jpg{{!}}Aerial view of Sumy with Soborna Street and Transfiguration Cathedral
| image2 = Дзвіниця Спасо-Преображенського собору в Сумах.jpg{{!}}Soborna Street and bell tower of Transfiguration Cathedral
| image3 = Пам'ятник Тарасу.jpg{{!}}Taras Shevchenko monument
| image4 = Сумський обласний художній музей ім. Никанора Онацького .jpg
| image5 = Альтанка 002.jpg{{!}}Altanka
| caption1 = Aerial view of Sumy
| caption2 = Transfiguration Cathedral
| caption3 = Taras Shevchenko monument
| caption4 = State Art Museum
| caption5 = [[Altanka (monument)|Altanka]]
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| image_flag         = Flag of Sumy.jpg
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| pushpin_map        = Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_label      = Sumy
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Sumy Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Sumy Raion]]
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| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Yulia Pavlyk (acting)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/10/26/7425793/|title=У Сумах проводять обшуки у виконувачки обов'язків мера|website=Українська правда}}</ref>
| leader_party       = [[Batkivshchyna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hromadske.ua/posts/miskogo-golovu-sum-lisenka-na-posadi-zaminit-keruyucha-spravami-vikonavchogo-komitetu-yuliya-pavlik|title=Стало відомо, хто замінить міського голову Сум Лисенка на час слідства щодо хабарництва|date=October 10, 2023|website=hromadske.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chesno.org/politician/197497/|title=Павлик Юлія Анатоліївна — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація &#124; ПолітХаб|website=www.chesno.org}}</ref>
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| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1655
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| elevation_min_ft   = <!-- Population   ----------------------->
| population_as_of   = 2022
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| population_total   = 256,474
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone           = [[Eastern European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +2
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +3
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| coordinates        = {{coord|50|54|43|N|34|48|10|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = Postal code
| postal_code        = 40000-40035
| area_code          = +380 542
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| subdivision_type3  = [[Hromada]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Sumy urban hromada]]
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'''Sumy''' ({{langx|uk|Суми}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈsumɪ|IPA|uk-Суми.ogg}}, {{langx|ru|Сумы}}) is a city in northeastern [[Ukraine]]. It serves as the administrative center of [[Sumy Oblast]]. The city is situated on the banks of the [[Psel (river)|Psel River]] and has a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|256,474|,}} making it the 23rd-largest in the country.

The city of Sumy was founded in the 1650s by [[Cossacks]] within the historical region of [[Sloboda Ukraine]].