Orzhiv

Orzhiv (Ukrainian: Оржів) is an urban-type settlement in Rivne Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,230 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 3,874 (2020 est.)[3]

Orzhiv

Оржів
Urban-type settlement
Transfiguration church
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Orzhiv
Location of Orzhiv in Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°45′04″N 26°07′07″E
Country Ukraine
Province Rivne Oblast
District Rivne Raion
Founded1445
Town status1959
Government
 • Town HeadYuriy Bobrovnik
Area
 • Total8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Elevation176 m (577 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total4,230
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
35313
Area code+380 362
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

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
  • Klevan and Kvasyliv, the other two urban-type settlements in Rivne Raion of Rivne Oblast

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.
  3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

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