Harkabuz | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nowy Targ |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Raba Wyżna |
Coordinates: | 49.55°N 70°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 537 |
Registration Plate: | KNT |
Postal Code: | 34-721 |
Harkabuz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south-west of Raba Wyżna, 160NaN0 north-west of Nowy Targ, and 580NaN0 south of the regional capital Kraków.[1]
The village lies in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: "Orawa").
The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. In the late 19th century, Harkabuz had a population of 394, 92.9% Polish.[2] It became again part of Poland following World War I.