Klesiv

Klesiv
Клесів
Urban-type settlement

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Klesiv
Location of Klesiv in Ukraine
Klesiv
Klesiv (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°19′03″N 26°53′41″E / 51.31750°N 26.89472°E / 51.31750; 26.89472Coordinates: 51°19′03″N 26°53′41″E / 51.31750°N 26.89472°E / 51.31750; 26.89472
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Rivne Oblast
Raion Sarny Raion
Founded 1902
Town status 1940
Government
 • Town Head Viktor Buinyi
Area
 • Total 6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 157 m (515 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 4,624
 • Density 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 34550
Area code +380 3655
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Klesiv (Ukrainian: Клесів; Polish: Klesów) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,624 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 4,669 (2017 est.)[3]

Klesiv was first founded in the beginning of the 20th century as Klesów, then a part of the modern-day nation state of Poland. After the Soviet annexation of Western Ukraine, Klesiv acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940.

Amber

There are placer deposits of amber near Klesiv.[4]

See also

  • Stepan, the other urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast

References

  1. ↑ "Klesiv (Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Klesiv, Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. ↑ James Marson (June 3, 2016). "Lure of Amber Pits Ukraine's Illegal Miners Against State". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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