Zhovkva Raion

Zhovkva Raion
Zhovkva Raion; Жовківський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 50°6′52″N 23°53′37″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Lviv Oblast
Established	1940
Admin. center	Zhovkva
Subdivisions	List — city councils; — settlement councils; — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; — cities; — urban-type settlements; 160 — villages; — rural settlements;
Area
• Total	1,295 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	110,393
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	80300—80383
Area code	380-3252
Website	http://zhovkva.org.ua/ Zhovkva Raion

Zhovkva Raion (Ukrainian: Жо́вківський райо́н) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Zhovkva. Population: 110,393 (2016 est.)[1].

It was established in 1940.

History

Villages

People

Yevhen Konovalets — a military commander of the UNR army and the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists between 1929 and 1938.

References

"Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

External links

(in Ukrainian) zhovkva.org.ua

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[ua2016estimate-1] "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.