Porkhov
Porkhov is a town and the administrative center of Porkhovsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Shelon River, 75 kilometers east of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,608 ; 12,263 ; 14,170 .
- Type: Town with 10,600 residents
- Description: human settlement in Porkhovsky District, Pskov Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Porjov” and “По́рхов”
- Address: Порховский район
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Карачуницы.
Porkhov
- Categories: administrative divisions of Russia, city or town, and locality
- Location: Pskov Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
57.75946° or 57° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
29.55873° or 29° 33′ 31″ east
Population
10,600
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
9G9FQH55+QF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wolof—“Porkhov” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورخوف”
- Bashkir: “Порхов”
- Basque: “Porkhov”
- Belarusian: “Порхаў”
- Bulgarian: “Порхов”
- Catalan: “Porkhov”
- Cebuano: “Porkhov”
- Chechen: “Порхов”
- Chinese: “波尔霍夫”
- Chinese: “波爾霍夫”
- Crimean Tatar: “Porhov”
- Croatian: “Porhov”
- Czech: “Porchov”
- Dutch: “Porchov”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورخوف”
- Esperanto: “Porĥov”
- Estonian: “Porhov”
- Finnish: “Porhov”
- French: “Porkhov”
- German: “Porchow”
- Italian: “Porchov”
- Japanese: “ポルホフ”
- Korean: “포르호프”
- Latin: “Porchovia”
- Latvian: “Porhova”
- Lithuanian: “Porchovas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Porkhov”
- Moksha: “Порхов”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porkhov”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porkhov”
- Norwegian: “Porkhov”
- Ossetian: “Порхов”
- Persian: “پورخوف”
- Persian: “دنو”
- Polish: “Porchow”
- Russian: “Порхов”
- Serbian: “Порхов”
- Slovenian: “Porhov”
- South Azerbaijani: “پورخوف”
- Spanish: “Pórjov”
- Swedish: “Porchov”
- Tagalog: “Porkhov”
- Tajik: “Порхов”
- Talysh: “Porxov”
- Tatar: “Порхов”
- Turkish: “Porhov”
- Ukrainian: “Порхов”
- Upper Sorbian: “Porchow”
- Urdu: “پورخوف”
- Veps: “Porhov”
- Waray (Philippines): “Porkhov”
- Wolof: “Porkhov”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Порхов and Попадинка.
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Highlights: Площадь Красной Армии and Дом торговли.
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