Kamianka, Skole Raion

Kamianka (Ukrainian: Ка́м'янка; until 1952 Ukrainian: Ри́сяча я́ма, Rysya Yama, lit. Lynx Pit; Polish: Kamionka) is a village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. Local government is administered by Kamiantska village council.[1]

Kamianka

Ка́м'янка
village
Kamianka
Coordinates: 49°00′48″N 23°34′41″E
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
DistrictSkole Raion
Established1774
Area
 • Total0,650 km2 (250 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
601 m (1,972 ft)
Population
 • Total447
 • Density.690/km2 (1.79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
82600
Area code+380 3251
Websiteсело Кам'янка (Ukrainian)

The village is in southern part in Lviv Oblast in the Ukrainian Carpathians, within the limits of the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids). The village is 112 kilometres (70 mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the district center Skole, and 170 kilometres (110 mi) from Uzhhorod. Downstream along the Kamianka are the Kamyanetskiy Falls, a hydrological natural monument of Ukraine.[2]

The first mention of Kamianka dates from the year 1774.[3]

Notes
  1. Кам’янська сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
  2. Водоспад Кам’янка, Кам’янка Archived 2016-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
  3. (in Ukrainian)


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