Orzhiv

Orzhiv
Оржів
Urban-type settlement

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Orzhiv

Location of Orzhiv in Ukraine

Coordinates: UA 50°45′04″N 26°07′07″E / 50.75111°N 26.11861°E / 50.75111; 26.11861Coordinates: UA 50°45′04″N 26°07′07″E / 50.75111°N 26.11861°E / 50.75111; 26.11861
Country  Ukraine
Province  Rivne Oblast
District Rivne Raion
Founded 1445
Town status 1959
Government
 • Town Head Yuriy Bobrovnik
Area
 • Total 8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 176 m (577 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 4,230
 • Density 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 35313
Area code +380 362
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Orzhiv (Ukrainian: Оржів) is an urban-type settlement in the Rivne Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 4,230 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2]

History

Orzhiv was first founded in the beginning of the 16th century, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959.

Geography

The town is 20 km northwest of Rivne, 61 km east of Lutsk. It counts a railway station on the Rivne-Kovel line, and is also the eastern terminus of the "Tunnel of Love", an amusement railway linking it to Klevan, surrounded by green arches.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Orzhiv (Rivne Oblast, Rivne Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Orzhiv, Rivne Oblast, Rivne Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

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