Nyzhniv
Nyzhniv
Нижнів | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 48°56′42″N 25°05′48″E / 48.94500°N 25.09667°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Tlumach Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18,454 km2 (7,125 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,991 |
| • Density | 10,789/km2 (27,940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 78013 |
| Area code | +380 3479 |
Nyzhniv (Ukrainian: Нижнів, Polish: Niżniów) is a village in the Tlumach Raion (district) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Dniester River flows near the eastern edge of the village. In the village lived 1991 inhabitants in 2001.
Dniester Canyon begins near the village.
History
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (August 2015) |
People
- Antin Levytsky, a Greek Catholic priest, who was Kost Levytsky's father.[1]
- Anastasia Stanko, a Ukrainian journalist and television hostess, a member of the "Stop censorship" movement.[2]
References
- ^ Dmytro Blazejowskyj, Historical Šematism of the Archeparchy of L'viv (1832-1944), 2004, P. 249.
- ^ Profile of Stanko on TVi
Sources
- Dmytro Blazejowskyj, Historical Šematism of the Archeparchy of L'viv (1832-1944).— Kyiv: Publishing house «KM Akademia», 2004.— 570 p. ISBN 966-518-225-0
- Niżniów w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII (Netrebka – Perepiat) z 1886 r., P. 169. (in Polish)