Orzhiv

Orzhiv
Оржів

Urban-type settlement

Transfiguration church

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Orzhiv

Location of Orzhiv in Ukraine

Coordinates: 50°45′04″N 26°07′07″E / 50.75111°N 26.11861°ECoordinates: 50°45′04″N 26°07′07″E / 50.75111°N 26.11861°E

Country

Ukraine

Founded

1445

Town status

1959

Government

• Town Head

Yuriy Bobrovnik

Area

• Total

8.95 km² (3.46 sq mi)

Elevation

176 m (577 ft)

Population (2001)

• Total

4,230

• Density

470/km² (1,200/sq mi)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal code

35313

Area code

+380 362

Website

http://rada.gov.ua/

Orzhiv (Ukrainian: Оржів) is an urban-type settlement in the Rivne Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 4,230 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.

Orzhiv was first founded in the beginning of the 16th century, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959.

The town is 20 km northwest of Rivne, 61 km east of Lutsk. It counts a railway station on the Rivne-Kovel line, and is also the eastern terminus of the "Tunnel of Love", an amusement railway linking it to Klevan, surrounded by green arches.

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