Orzhiv
Orzhiv (Ukrainian: Оржів) is a rural settlement in Rivne Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,230 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: 3,853 (2022 estimate).
History
Orzhiv was first founded in the beginning of the 16th century, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959. On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Orzhiv became a rural settlement.
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
- ^ "Orzhiv (Rivne Oblast, Rivne Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "Orzhiv, Rivne Oblast, Rivne Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
External links
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