Official Name: | Sękowa |
Total Type: | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gorlice |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Sękowa |
Population Total: | 4889 |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 49.6°N 33°W |
Sękowa (Polish:) is a historic village in southern Poland first incorporated by an edict issued on February 22, 1363, by King Kazimierz Wielki.
The village is the site of St. Philip's and St. James' church, built in the beginning of the 16th century, one of the six Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland, inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003.
Sękowa is the seat of rural Gmina Sękowa, administrative district in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, on the Polish Slovak border. It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-east of Gorlice and 1050NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.