Rafalivka

Rafalivka
Рафалівка
Rafałówka
Urban-type settlement

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Rafalivka
Location of Rafalivka in Ukraine
Rafalivka
Rafalivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°18′33″N 25°59′46″E / 51.30917°N 25.99611°E / 51.30917; 25.99611Coordinates: 51°18′33″N 25°59′46″E / 51.30917°N 25.99611°E / 51.30917; 25.99611
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Rivne Oblast
Raion Volodymyrets Raion
Founded 1902
Town status 1957
Government
 • Town Head Yuriy Bobrovnik
Area
 • Total 12.26 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 195 m (640 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 3,278
 • Density 270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 34371
Area code +380 3634
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Рафалівка; Polish: Rafałówka) is an urban-type settlement in Volodymyrets Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 3,278 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 3,495 (2017 est.)[3]

The settlement was founded in 1902 as poz'izd Polytsi (Ukrainian: роз'їзд Полиці). Its name was changed to Nova Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Нова Рафалівка) in 1927. The settlement's name was again changed to its current "Rafalivka" when it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.[2]

See also

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

References

  1. ↑ "Rafalivka (Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Rafalivka, Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.


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