Verkhnia Rozhanka
Village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
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Verkhnia Rozhanka (Ukrainian: Ве́рхня Рожа́нка, Polish: Rożanka Wyżna) is a village in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to the Slavske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The local government is the Nyzhnorozhanska village council.[2]
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Verkhnia Rozhanka
Верхня Рожанка | |
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Church of the Pentecost | |
  Verkhnia Rozhanka Location within Lviv Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°46′50″N 23°30′56″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
| District | Stryi Raion |
| Established | 1675 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,775 km2 (1,071 sq mi) |
| Elevation /(average value of) | 707 m (2,320 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,134 |
| • Density | 4,086/km2 (10,580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 82662 |
| Area code | +380 3251 |
| Website | село Верхня Рожанка(Ukrainian) |
Geography
The village is located between the highest of picturesque mountains. To the west of the village are the vertices Vysokyy Verh[3] (1,242 metres (4,070 ft)), Mount Yarochysche (987 metres (3,240 ft)), and Mount Yalyna (1,164.5 metres (3,821 ft)).
The village is located 145 kilometres (90 mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the city of Skole, and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the urban-type settlement of Slavske.
History
The first record of the village dates back to the year 1675.[4]
Until 18 July 2020, Verkhnia Rozhanka belonged to Skole Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[5][6]
Attractions
The village has two sights of architecture of Stryi Raion.[7]
- Church of the Holy Spirit (wood, 1804) (513 / 1)
- The bell tower of the Holy Spirit Church (wood, 1877) (513 / 2)
