Kalyta Калита
Rural settlement
Coat of arms
Kalyta Location of Kalyta in Ukraine Show map of Kyiv Oblast Kalyta Kalyta (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°45′01″N 31°01′35″E / 50.75028°N 31.02639°E / 50.75028; 31.02639
Country	Ukraine
Province	Kyiv Oblast
District	Brovary Raion
Founded	1600
Town status	1973
Government
• Town Head	Stanislav Moroz
Area
• Total	11.27 km2 (4.35 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	4,982
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	07420
Area code	+380 4594
Website	rada.gov.ua

Kalyta (Ukrainian: Калита) is a rural settlement in Brovary Raion (district) of Kyiv Oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kalyta settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Kalyta's population was 4,982 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.^[2] Current population: 4,716 (2022 estimate)^[3].

History

The town of Kalyta is said to have been founded in 1600,^[2] although the first written mention of the town dates Kalyta to 1628, seen in an old Polish illustration. During the middle of the 17th century, the local organization of the Elected Cossacks were based in Kalyta.

Until 26 January 2024, Kalyta was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kalyta became a rural settlement.^[4]

Symbol

Kalyta was settled on a raised landscape, which allowed the town's inhabitants to build windmills which would produce grain for all of the nearby settlements. At the turn of the 20th century, townsfolk stated that there was a total of 62 windmills in Kalyta. The town's coat of arms, respectfully, features a windmill.