Rafalivka
Rafalivka
Рафалівка Rafałówka | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Rafalivka Location of Rafalivka in Ukraine  Rafalivka Rafalivka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 51°18′33″N 25°59′46″E / 51.30917°N 25.99611°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Rivne Oblast |
| Raion |  Volodymyrets Raion |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Town status | 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Yuriy Bobrovnik |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.26 km2 (4.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 195 m (640 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 3,278 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 34371 |
| Area code | +380 3634 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Рафалівка; Polish: Rafałówka) is an urban-type settlement in Volodymyrets Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 3,278 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 3,495 (2017 est.)[3]
The settlement was founded in 1902 as poz'izd Polytsi (Ukrainian: роз'їзд Полиці). Its name was changed to Nova Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Нова Рафалівка) in 1927. The settlement's name was again changed to its current "Rafalivka" when it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.[2]
See also
- Volodymyrets, the other urban-type settlement in Volodymyrets Raion of Rivne Oblast
References
- ^ "Rafalivka (Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Rafalivka, Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
Further reading
- Hagin, Pinhas; Hagin, Malkah, eds. (2011). Memorial book for the towns of Old Rafalowka, New Rafalowka, Olizarka, Zoludzk and vicinity (Rafalovka, Ukraine). Sara Mages and Gloria Berkenstat Freund, translations. JewishGen. Online translation of Ner tamid : le-zekher ha-ʻayarot Rafalovḳah ha-yeshanah, Rafalovḳah ha-ḥadashah, Olizarḳah, Z'alutsḳ ṿeha-sevivah. Amherst, Massachusetts: National Yiddish Book Center. 2001. OCLC 320571012.
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