Verkhnia Rozhanka
Verkhnia Rozhanka
Верхня Рожанка | |
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.jpg) Church of the Pentecost | |
  Verkhnia Rozhanka | |
| Coordinates: 48°46′50″N 23°30′56″E / 48.78056°N 23.51556°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province |  Lviv Oblast |
| District | Stryi Raion |
| Established | 1675 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,775 km2 (1,071 sq mi) |
| Elevation /(average value of) | 707 m (2,320 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,134 |
| • Density | 4,086/km2 (10,580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 82662 |
| Area code | +380 3251 |
| Website | село Верхня Рожанка(Ukrainian) |
Verkhnia Rozhanka (Ukrainian: Ве́рхня Рожа́нка, Polish: Rożanka Wyżna) is a village in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Slavske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Local government — Nyzhnorozhanska village council.[2]
Geography
[edit]The village is located the between highest of picturesque mountains. West of the village are the vertices Vysokyy Verh[3] (1,242 metres (4,070 ft)), Mount Yarochysche (987 metres (3,240 ft)) and Mount Yalyna (1,164.5 metres (3,821 ft)).
The village is located at a distance 145 kilometres (90 mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the city of Skole, and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the urban-type settlement of Slavske.
History
[edit]The first record of the village dates back to 1675 year.[4]
Until 18 July 2020, Verkhnia Rozhanka belonged to Skole Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[5][6]
Attractions
[edit]The village has two sights of architecture of Stryi Raion.[7]
- Church of the Holy Spirit (wood, 1804) (513 / 1)
- The bell tower of the Holy Spirit Church (wood, 1877) (513 / 2)
References
[edit]- ^ "Славская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Нижньорожанківська сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Гора Високий Верх(in Ukrainian)
- ^ [1] (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ Пам'ятки архітектури Сколівського району (in Ukrainian)
External links
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