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Pochaiv Urban Hromada
Pochaiv ( uk, Почаїв, pl, Poczajów, yi, פּאטשאיעװ, Pitshayev) is a town in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the Kremenets Raion (district), and is located 18 km south-west of Kremenets and 70 km north of the oblast capital, Ternopil. Pochaiv hosts the administration of Pochaiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History It was a settlement in Kremenetsky Uyezd of the Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire. During World War I in August 1915 it was controlled by Austro-Hungarian troops, although in summer 1916 it was occupied by Imperial Russian Army during Brusilov Offensive. After Russian revolution of 1917 and Polish–Soviet War it was in Wołyń Voivodeship of interwar Poland. Urban-type settlement since 1950s. Town since 1978. In January 1989 the population was 10 019 people.Почаев // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редк ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
