Western Ukraine
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Raion

Zhovkva

Zhovkva is a city in , of . Zhovkva hosts the administration of Zhovkva urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately 13,852.
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  • Type: Town with 13,900 residents
  • Description: city in Lvivska oblast, Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Vinnyky”, “Zholkev”, “Zholkva”, and “Zhulkev”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva and Town hall, Zhovkva.

Church
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Holy Trinity Church was built in the suburb of Zhovkva, in 1720 on the place of a church that burned down in 1717. The structure consists of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy.

Government building
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is a government building.

Church
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The Collegiate Church of St. Lawrence is the main Roman Catholic church of Zhovkva, . It was built between 1606 and 1618 as the pantheon of the Polish commander Stanisław Żółkiewski and his family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Soposhyn and Stara Skvariava.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village in the Zhovkva urban hromada of the of in Ukraine.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Zhovkva.

Zhovkva

Latitude
50.0561° or 50° 3′ 22″ north
Longitude
23.9712° or 23° 58′ 16″ east
Population
13,900
Elevation
232 metres (761 feet)
United Nations Location Code
UA ZHO
Open location code
9G253X4C+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 260954473
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
687093
Wiki­data ID
Q864836
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Zhovkva” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Zhovkva”
  • Albanian: “Жовква”
  • Arabic: “جوفكفا”
  • Armenian: “Ժոլկվա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Jolkva”
  • Basque: “Zhovkva”
  • Belarusian: “Жоўква”
  • Catalan: “Jovkva”
  • Cebuano: “Zhovkva”
  • Chechen: “Жовква”
  • Chinese: “若夫克瓦”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Jovkva”
  • Czech: “Vinnyky”
  • Czech: “Żołkiew”
  • Czech: “Žovkva”
  • Danish: “Zjovkva”
  • Danish: “Żółkiew”
  • Danish: “Жовква”
  • Danish: “ז’ובקבה”
  • Dutch: “Zjovkva”
  • Dutch: “Zolkiew”
  • Dutch: “Żółkiew”
  • Dutch: “Zovkva”
  • Dutch: “Žovkva”
  • Eastern Mari: “Жолква”
  • Esperanto: “Ĵovkva”
  • Esperanto: “Żółkiew”
  • Esperanto: “Žovkva”
  • Esperanto: “Жовква”
  • Esperanto: “ז’ובקבה”
  • Estonian: “Żółkiew”
  • Estonian: “Žovkva”
  • Finnish: “Nesterov”
  • Finnish: “Vynnyky”
  • Finnish: “Žovkva”
  • French: “Jovkva”
  • French: “Zhovkva”
  • French: “Żółkiew”
  • French: “Žovkva”
  • Georgian: “ჟოვკვა”
  • Georgian: “ჟოლკვა”
  • German: “Scholkwa”
  • German: “Schowkwa”
  • German: “Zolkiew”
  • German: “Żółkiew”
  • Greek: “Ζόβκβα”
  • Hebrew: “ז’ובקבה”
  • Hebrew: “ז’ולקווה”
  • Hebrew: “ז’ולקיב”
  • Hebrew: “ז’ולקייב”
  • Hebrew: “זאלקווא”
  • Hebrew: “זולקווא”
  • Hungarian: “Zsovkva”
  • Italian: “Žovkva”
  • Japanese: “ジョウクヴァ”
  • Japanese: “ゾフークヴァ”
  • Korean: “네스테로프”
  • Korean: “조우크바”
  • Latin: “Solkovia”
  • Latvian: “Žovkva”
  • Lithuanian: “Žovkva”
  • Moksha: “Жовква”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zjovkva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zjolkva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zjovkva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Żółkiew”
  • Norwegian: “Zjovkva”
  • Persian: “ژوفکفا”
  • Persian: “ژولکفا”
  • Polish: “Żółkiew”
  • Portuguese: “Zhovkva”
  • Romanian: “Jovkva”
  • Romanian: “Zhovkva”
  • Romanian: “Zolkiev”
  • Romanian: “Zolkiew”
  • Russian: “Жовква”
  • Russian: “Жолква”
  • Russian: “Жолкиев”
  • Russian: “Жолков”
  • Russian: “Нестеров”
  • Slovak: “Žovkva”
  • Slovenian: “Žovkva”
  • Spanish: “Zhovkva”
  • Swedish: “Zjovkva”
  • Tatar: “Жовква”
  • Thai: “ฌอว์กวา”
  • Turkish: “Jovkva”
  • Ukrainian: “Жовква”
  • Ukrainian: “Жулкев”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Žowkwa”
  • Uzbek: “Zgovkva”
  • Vietnamese: “Zhovkva”
  • Volapük: “Zhovkva”
  • Welsh: “Zhovkva”

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