- For the Hellenistic city in the Pontus, see Eupatoria (Pontus).
Yevpatoria or
Eupatoria (,
Yevpatoriya, ,
Yevpatoriya, , , - Yevpatoria; , "Little Jerusalem") is a city of regional significance in
Crimea, a territory disputed between
Ukraine (as the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea) and
Russia (as the
Republic of Crimea) since the
March 2014 Crimean status referendum. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative center of
Yevpatoria municipality, one of the districts (
raions) into which Crimea is divided. Population:
History
The first recorded settlement in the area, called
Kerkinitis , was built by
Greek colonists around 500 BC. Along with the rest of Crimea, Kerkinitis was part of the dominions of
Mithridates VI, King of
Pontus, from whose
cognomen,
Eupator, the city's modern name derives.
