Zhovkva
Zhovkva is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. Zhovkva hosts the administration of Zhovkva urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately 13,852.
- Type: Town with 13,900 residents
- Description: city in Lvivska oblast, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Nesterov”, “Scholkwa”, “Vinnyky”, “Vynnyky”, “Zholkev”, “Zholkva”, “Zhulkev”, “Zjolkva”, “Zolkiev”, “Zolkiew”, “Żołkiew”, “Zovkva”, “Zsolkiev”, “Жолкиев”, “Жолков”, “Жулкев”, “Нестеров”, “ჟოლკვა”, “ז’ולקווה”, “ז’ולקיב”, “ז’ולקייב”, “זאלקווא”, “זולקווא”, “ژوفکفا”, “네스테로프”, and “ゾフークヴァ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva and Town hall, Zhovkva.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soposhyn and Stara Skvariava.
Zhovkva
- Categories: city in Ukraine and locality
- Location: Zhovkivska Terytorialna Hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Western Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.0561° or 50° 3′ 22″ north
Longitude
23.9712° or 23° 58′ 16″ east
Population
13,900
Elevation
223 metres (732 feet)
UN/LOCODE
UA ZHO
Open location code
9G253X4C+FF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yiddish—“Zhovkva” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Zhovkva”
- 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: “Žovkva”
- Danish: “Zjovkva”
- Dutch: “Zjovkva”
- Eastern Mari: “Жолква”
- Esperanto: “Ĵovkva”
- Estonian: “Žovkva”
- Finnish: “Žovkva”
- French: “Jovkva”
- Georgian: “ჟოვკვა”
- German: “Schowkwa”
- Greek: “Ζόβκβα”
- Hebrew: “ז’ובקבה”
- Hungarian: “Zsovkva”
- Italian: “Žovkva”
- Japanese: “ジョウクヴァ”
- Korean: “조우크바”
- Latin: “Solkovia”
- Latvian: “Žovkva”
- Lithuanian: “Žovkva”
- Moksha: “Жовква”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zjovkva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zjovkva”
- Norwegian: “Zjovkva”
- Persian: “ژولکفا”
- Polish: “Żółkiew”
- Portuguese: “Jovkva”
- Portuguese: “Zhovkva”
- Romanian: “Jovkva”
- Russian: “Жовква”
- Russian: “Жолква”
- Slovak: “Žovkva”
- Slovenian: “Žovkva”
- Spanish: “Zhovkva”
- Swedish: “Zjovkva”
- Tatar: “Жовква”
- Thai: “ฌอว์กวา”
- Tulu: “ಝೊವ್ಕ್ವಾ”
- Turkish: “Jovkva”
- Ukrainian: “Жовква”
- Upper Sorbian: “Žowkwa”
- Uzbek: “Zgovkva”
- Vietnamese: “Zhovkva”
- Volapük: “Zhovkva”
- Welsh: “Zhovkva”
- Yiddish: “זשאָלקווע”
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