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Novoiavorivsk

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Country
  
Ukraine

Founded
  
1965

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
203 ha

Local time
  
Monday 4:06 PM

Team
  
HC Levy

Raion
  
Yavoriv Raion

Elevation
  
300 m (1,000 ft)

Postal code
  
81053, 81054

Population
  
30,271 (2014)

Province
  
Lviv Oblast

Novoiavorivsk

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 89% Humidity

Novoiavorivsk or Novoyavorivsk (Ukrainian: Новояворівськ) is a city in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 30,271 (2013 est.).

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Map of Novoiavorivsk, Lvivska, Ukraine

The town is about 45 minute trip from the oblast's administrative centre Lviv. The town is located on a major road, which ends at the border of Poland as the E40 and continues to Lviv.

The town was founded in 1965 as a workers' settlement called Jantarne (Ukrainian: Янтарне). In 1969 it was renamed to Novoiavorivsk.

Novoiavorivsk's city center contains a large square with the town's "Palace of Culture" building and the town's church. The town also contains a football field.

In the town based Hockey Club Levy.

The name of the town translates to "New Yavoriv".

Novoiavorivsk is twinned with Leżajsk, Poland.

Notable people

  • Andriy "Kuzma" Kuzmenko — lead singer of the band "Skryabin".
  • Vasyl Pryima (b. 1991) — Ukrainian footballer.
  • Adriana Galetskaya (1978) — Ukrainian painter.
  • References

    Novoiavorivsk Wikipedia