Turka, Ukraine

Turka
Турка
Turka panoramic view
Turka panoramic view
Flag of Turka
Coat of arms of Turka
Turka is located in Lviv Oblast
Turka
Turka
Location of Turka
Turka is located in Ukraine
Turka
Turka
Turka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°09′27″N 23°01′21″E / 49.15750°N 23.02250°E / 49.15750; 23.02250
Country Ukraine
OblastLviv Oblast
RaionSambir Raion
HromadaTurka urban hromada
First mentioned1431
Government
 • MayorYaroslav Parashchych
Elevation
557 m (1,827 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total6,925
Area code+380
Websitehttps://turka-mrada.gov.ua/

Turka (Ukrainian: Турка, Турка над Стрийом (old), Polish: Turka, Turka nad Stryjem (old), Yiddish: טורקא) is a city located at the confluence of the Stryi River and the Yablunka River in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located by the Carpathian Mountains. It hosts the administration of Turka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,925 (2022 estimate).[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Turka belonged to Turka Raion and was the administrative center. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven.[3]

  1. ^ "Турковская городская 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. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-29.