Yavoriv

Yavoriv
Яворів
Jaworów
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Yavoriv
Coat of arms of Yavoriv
Yavoriv is located in Lviv Oblast
Yavoriv
Yavoriv
Yavoriv is located in Ukraine
Yavoriv
Yavoriv
Coordinates: 49°56′49″N 23°23′35″E / 49.94694°N 23.39306°E / 49.94694; 23.39306
Country Ukraine
OblastLviv Oblast
RaionYavoriv Raion
HromadaYavoriv urban hromada
First mentioned1436
Magdeburg law1569
Area
 • Total
23.35 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Elevation
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
12,785
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
81000
Area code+380-3259

Yavoriv (Ukrainian: Яворів, IPA: [ˈjɑworiu̯]; Polish: Jaworów; Yiddish: יאַוואָראָוו, romanizedYavorov; German: Jaworiw) is a city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Polish border. It serves as the administrative centre of Yavoriv Raion and is situated approximately 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of the oblast capital, Lviv. Yavoriv hosts the administration of Yavoriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Its population is approximately 12,785 (2022 estimate).[2]

Not far from it is the watering-place of Shklo with sulphur springs.[3]

  1. ^ "Яворовская 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.
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