Penkiv
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Penkiv
Пеньків | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Penkiv Location within Ukraine  Penkiv Penkiv (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 51°01′43″N 26°27′24″E / 51.02861°N 26.45667°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Rivne Oblast |
| Raion | Rivne Raion |
| Silska Rada | Penkiv Silska Rada |
| Founded | 1939 (official) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.24 km2 (0.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 177 m (581 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 292 |
| • Density | 235/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 35020 |
| Area code | +380 3657 |
Penkiv (Ukrainian: Пеньків) is a village in Kostopil urban hromada, Rivne Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, but was formerly administered within Kostopil Raion. As of the year 2001, the community had 292 residents.[1] Postal code: 35020.[2]
Penkiv is located in of the Kostopil urban territorial community.[3] The village is located on the Volhynian Upland, on the right bank of the Horyn River, a left tributary of the Pripyat River (Dnipro basin).[4]
The climate of the region is moderately continental: winter is mild (in January -4.4 °, -5.1 °), with unstable frosts; summer is warm (in July +18.8 °), not hot. Most often, comfortable weather is observed in the summer months. The formation of stable snow cover is noted in the second decade of December. Rainfall 550 mm per year. The relief of the village is flat, partly lowland, covered with pine and oak forests.[5][6]
To the east of the village is the national highway of Ukraine H-25, which can be used to reach Sarny or Rivne.[7]
