Sniatyn
Снятин Śniatyn | |
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Coordinates: 48°27′00″N 25°34′00″E / 48.45000°N 25.56667°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
Raion | Kolomyia Raion |
Hromada | Sniatyn urban hromada |
First mentioned | 1158 |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 9,718 |
Sniatyn (Ukrainian: Снятин, IPA: [ˈsnʲɑtɪn]; Polish: Śniatyn; Romanian: Sneatîn, older Sniatin; Yiddish: שניאַטין) is a city located in Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine along the Prut river, in the historic region of Pokutia. Sniatyn hosts the administration of Sniatyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 9,718 (2022 estimate).[2] In 2001, population was around 10,500.
In the interbellum period, it was a rail border crossing between Poland and Romania.