Skala-Podilska

Skala-Podilska
Skala
Official seal of Skala-Podilska
Skala-Podilska is located in Ternopil Oblast
Skala-Podilska
Skala-Podilska
Location in Ukraine
Skala-Podilska is located in Ukraine
Skala-Podilska
Skala-Podilska
Skala-Podilska (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°51′9″N 26°11′40″E / 48.85250°N 26.19444°E / 48.85250; 26.19444
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
Government
 • MayorVictor P. Myronchuk
Area
 • Total1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total4,094
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Skala-Podilska (Ukrainian: Скала-Подільська, romanizedSkala-Podilʹsʹka; Polish: Skała Podolska; Yiddish: סקאַל, romanizedSkal; Hebrew: סקאלה, romanizedSkala) or Skala upon Zbruch (Ukrainian: Скала-над-Збручем, romanizedSkala-nad-Zbruchem; Polish: Skała Nad Zbruczem; German: Skala am Sbrutsch) is a rural settlement in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine over the Zbruch River. It hosts the administration of Skala-Podilska settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,094 (2022 estimate).[2]

It was, at one time, named simply "Skala", however the town compounded its name, variously, to "Skala upon Zbruch", in order to distinguish itself from another town with that same name.[3]

  1. ^ "Скала-Подольская 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.
  3. ^ Skala on the River Zbrucz, website hosted by JewishGen Inc