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: “Vinnyky”, “Zholkev”, “Zholkva”, and “Zhulkev”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva and Town hall, Zhovkva.
Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva
Church
Holy Trinity Church was built in the suburb of Zhovkva, Ukraine in 1720 on the place of a church that burned down in 1717. The structure consists of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy.
St. Lawrence’s Church
Church
The Collegiate Church of St. Lawrence is the main Roman Catholic church of Zhovkva, Ukraine. 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.
Stara Skvariava
Village
Stara Skvariava is a village in the Zhovkva urban hromada of the Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine.
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)
United Nations Location Code
UA ZHO
Open location code
9G253X4C+FF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yiddish—“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: “Zsolkiev”
- 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: “Jovkva”
- 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”
- Tulu: “ಝೊವ್ಕ್ವಾ”
- Turkish: “Jovkva”
- Ukrainian: “Жовква”
- Ukrainian: “Жулкев”
- Upper Sorbian: “Žowkwa”
- Uzbek: “Zgovkva”
- Vietnamese: “Zhovkva”
- Volapük: “Zhovkva”
- Welsh: “Zhovkva”
- Yiddish: “זשאָלקווע”
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