Novoselytsia

Novoselytsia
Новоселиця (in Ukrainian)
Noua Suliță (in Romanian)

Seal
Novoselytsia
Location in Ukraine
Novoselytsia
Novoselytsia (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°13′N 26°16′E / 48.217°N 26.267°E / 48.217; 26.267Coordinates: 48°13′N 26°16′E / 48.217°N 26.267°E / 48.217; 26.267
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast
First mentioned 1456
City status 1940
Area
  Total 250 sq mi (6,47 km2)
Population (2015)
  Total 7,642
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Post code 60300-06
Area code(s) +380-3733

Novoselytsia (Ukrainian: Новоселиця, Ukrainian pronunciation: [nɔwɔˈsɛɫɪtsʲɑ]; Romanian: Noua Suliță pronounced [ˈnowa ˈsulitsə]; Yiddish: נאוואסעליץ, Novoselitz) is a city in Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It stands at the northern tip of Bessarabia region, on its border with Bukovina, and serves as the administrative center of Novoselytsia Raion. Population: 7,642(2015 est.)[1]

From 1774 to 1877, Novoselytsia was at the tripoint between the Austrian (Duchy of Bukovina), Ottoman (Danubian Principalities) and Russian (Bessarabia Governorate) empires.

Natives

Villa der Ritter von Zotta in Novoselycia, 1900

References

  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.


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