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Orzhiv

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Country
  
Ukraine

Founded
  
1445

Elevation
  
176 m (577 ft)

Area
  
8.95 km²

District
  
Rivne Raion

Town status
  
1959

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Province
  
Rivne Oblast

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Orzhiv youth group may 2015


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.

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Map of Orzhiv, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine

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History

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

Geography

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.

References

Orzhiv Wikipedia