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Western Ukraine

Western Ukraine makes up about a quarter of and has the closest affinities with of all Ukraine's regions.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lviv and Chernivtsi.

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is in Western Ukraine and used to be the capital of East Galicia. It's the biggest city of the region and a major Ukrainian cultural centre on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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is a city in Western Ukraine. It was also previous known as Chernowitz after its German name or Chernovtsy after its Russian name.

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is a city in Western Ukraine, the administrative center of Zakarpatska Oblast. The population of is multiethnic. The majority of the natives are Ukrainian, but there are a lot of Russians, Hungarians, Slovaks, Germans, Jews and Gypsies.

Destinations to Discover

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Zakarpattia Oblast, also referred to as simply Zakarpattia or Transcarpathia in English, is an oblast located in the in west , mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia.

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, also referred to as Lvivshchyna, is an oblast in western . The capital of the oblast is the city of . The current population is 2,478,133.

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, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western , located on the banks of the . is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia.

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is a city in Western Ukraine. It is the capital and the largest city of Volyn Oblast, with a population of around 221,000 as of 2022.

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, formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western . It serves as the administrative centre of as well as within the oblast.

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is a city in western . The city is the administrative center of , as well as the within the oblast. It has a population of 243,873.

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is a city in the Podillia region of Western Ukraine. The city has a population of roughly 290,000.

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is a city on the Smotrych River in western , to the north-east of . Formerly the administrative center of , the city is now the administrative center of within the oblast.

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is a town in the part of East Galicia. The town is in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and therefore often serves as a starting point for hiking or cultural site-seeing tours in the Eastern Carpathians.

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is in Western Ukraine. It is the original and most attractive balneological resort of . The resort is located in a picturesque valley at the foothills of the Eastern Carpathians at the height of 350 m above sea level at a distance of 100 km from .

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is a town in the part of East Galicia. It is known as the Pearl of the Carpathians because of its beautiful locale.

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is a city in , of western Ukraine. hosts the administration of urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately 13,852.

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is a city in , , western . It is located close to the border with . It serves as the administrative center of urban hromada. Population: 10,295.

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is a town in the part of East Galicia. It is one of the oldest towns in Western Ukraine and used to be an important political centre in the Middle Ages.

Western Ukraine

Latitude of center
49.91° or 49° 54′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
27.13° or 27° 7′ 48″ east
Population
9,770,000
Wiki­data ID
Q1729457
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Western Ukraine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرب أوكرانيا”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Ուկրաինա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Ukrayna”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Украіна”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Ўкраіна”
  • Catalan: “Ucraïna Occidental”
  • Chinese: “乌克兰西部”
  • Chinese: “乌克兰西部地区”
  • Chinese: “烏克蘭西部”
  • Chinese: “烏克蘭西部地區”
  • Chinese: “西乌克兰”
  • Chinese: “西烏克蘭”
  • Chinese: “鸟克兰西部”
  • Chuvash: “Анăç Украина”
  • Czech: “Západní Ukrajina”
  • Danish: “Vestukraine”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ukrayna Rocawani”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ukraynay Rocawani”
  • Dutch: “West-Oekraïne”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Ukrainio”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Ukraina”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Ukraina”
  • French: “Ukraine occidentale”
  • German: “Czerwona Ruś”
  • German: “Rotreußen”
  • German: “Ruś Czerwona”
  • German: “Ukraine (West)”
  • German: “Ukraine West”
  • German: “Westukraine”
  • German: “Woiwodschaft Rotreußen”
  • German: “Woiwodschaft Ruś Czerwona”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Ουκρανία”
  • Hebrew: “מערב אוקראינה”
  • Indonesian: “Ukraina Barat”
  • Italian: “Ucraina occidentale”
  • Japanese: “ウクライナ西部”
  • Japanese: “西ウクライナ”
  • Korean: “서우크라이나”
  • Latvian: “Rietumukraina”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Ukraina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Ukraina”
  • Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Украинæ”
  • Persian: “اوکراین غربی”
  • Persian: “غرب اوکراین”
  • Polish: “Zachodnia Ukraina”
  • Portuguese: “Ucrânia Ocidental”
  • Romanian: “Ucraina de Vest”
  • Russian: “Западная Украина”
  • Scots: “Wastren Ukraine”
  • Slovenian: “zahodna Ukrajina”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Ukrajina”
  • Spanish: “Region occidental de Ucrania”
  • Spanish: “Región occidental de Ucrania”
  • Spanish: “Ucrania occidental”
  • Swedish: “Västra Ukraina”
  • Turkish: “Batı Ukrayna”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Україна”
  • Venetian: “Ucraina osidentałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Ukraina”
  • Yue Chinese: “西烏克蘭”

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