Argent; five houses under the roofs Or (3 and 2), between them two barrulets Sable. Chief Azure; enchanced barrulet Or, above it rising sun Argent with 16 variables rays (Or and Argent), on the sides two stars Argent with 16 rays of different lengths (4 - long, 4 - medium, 8 - short), under abaised fess Or mace and sword Or points down in saltire with inscription "1886" Or.
Five Ukrainian houses indicate the name of the city ("pyat' hat" - "five houses"), sable barrulets represent the railroad tracks and recall the history of the city as railway station. Barrulets Or mean wheat fields, among which the city is situated. Mace and Cossack saber mean the heroic past.
The author is
A.Karpenko.
Image on site
C.Bohatov.
Геральдика Дніпропетровщини. Офіційні символи територіальних та муніципальних утворень: [Історичні нариси]. - Д.: Арт-Прес, 2012. -192с. ISBN 978-966-348-279-8
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