Verkhnia Rozhanka | |
Native Name: | Верхня Рожанка |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast |
Pushpin Label Position: | inline,title |
Coordinates: | 48.7806°N 23.5156°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Stryi Raion |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1675 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 27,75 |
Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
Elevation M: | 707 |
Population Total: | 1134 |
Population Density Km2: | 40,86 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 82662 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 3251 |
Website: | село Верхня Рожанка(Ukrainian) |
Verkhnia Rozhanka (Ukrainian: Ве́рхня Рожа́нка, Polish: Rożanka Wyżna) is a village in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Slavske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Local government — Nyzhnorozhanska village council.[2]
The village is located the between highest of picturesque mountains. West of the village are the vertices Vysokyy Verh[3] (1242m (4,075feet)), Mount Yarochysche (987m (3,238feet)) and Mount Yalyna (1164.5m (3,820.5feet)).
The village is located at a distance 145km (90miles) from the regional center of Lviv, 36km (22miles) from the city of Skole, and 16km (10miles) from the urban-type settlement of Slavske.
The first record of the village dates back to 1675 year.[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]
The village has two sights of architecture of Stryi Raion.[7]