Podhajce

Pidhaitsi Підгайці
City
Main square of Pidhaitsi
Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Province	Ternopil Oblast
District	Pidhaitsi Raion
First mentioned	1463
Magdeburg rights	1539
Population (2001)
• Total	3,300
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Pidhaitsi (Ukrainian: Підгайці, Polish: Podhajce) is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Pidhaitsi Raion (district), and is located at around 49°16′10″N 25°8′10″E / 49.26944°N 25.13611°E / 49.26944; 25.13611Coordinates: 49°16′10″N 25°8′10″E / 49.26944°N 25.13611°E / 49.26944; 25.13611. Pidhaitsi is situated ca. 15.5 mi south of Berezhany, 43.5 mi from Ternopil and ca. 62 mi south-east of Lviv. In 1939 Pidhaitsi obtained the formal status of a city. During Soviet rule (1945–1991) it was part of the Berezhanskyi Raion. After Ukrainian independence, it was separated into an independent Pidhaitsi district.