Bibrka

Bibrka
Бібрка
Bóbrka
Skyline of Bibrka
Skyline of Bibrka
Flag of Bibrka
Coat of arms of Bibrka
Bibrka is located in Ukraine
Bibrka
Bibrka
Bibrka is located in Lviv Oblast
Bibrka
Bibrka
Coordinates: 49°37′N 24°14′E / 49.617°N 24.233°E / 49.617; 24.233
Country Ukraine
OblastLviv Oblast
RaionLviv Raion
HromadaBibrka urban hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
3,761
Time zoneGMT+2

Bibrka (Ukrainian: Бібрка, IPA: [ˈbibrkɐ]; Polish: Bóbrka; Yiddish: בוברקא, romanizedBubrka) is a city in western Ukraine, located in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast (region) about 29 km southeast of Lviv on H09. It hosts the administration of Bibrka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population is approximately 3,761 (2022 estimate).[2]

The town has been ruled at various points by the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, the Russian Empire, Poland, the Soviet Union, and is now part of the Lviv Oblast in Ukraine; as a result Bibrka has had several official and native names, including: Bóbrka (Polish), Bobrka (Russian), Prachnik (German), and Boiberik/Boyberke (Yiddish). The city has a population of 3,980.

Bibrka was the site of a Soviet prison and detention centre that detained Poles and others in the mid-20th century.

  1. ^ "Бибрская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.