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Velyki Birky
Velyki Birky ( uk, Великі Бірки) is an urban-type settlement in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Located on both banks of the river Hnizna Hnyla upper part of Hnizna – left tributaries of Seret, 12 km east of Ternopil. The rivers Terebna and Hnizdechna flow through the territory of the urban village – the left and right are tributaries of Hnizna Hnyla. Velyki Birky hosts the administration of Velyki Birky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Name The modern name, Birky, comes from the ancient Slavonic word “bor”, which means pine forest. In the 15th century the village was called Borky, in the 16th-17th centuries it was called the City of Borek, in the second half of the 17th century it was called Podborye village, in the 18th-20th centuries it was called Borky Velyki, in 1967 it was known as Velyki Birky village, and finally from May 27, 1978, it was known as the urban village of Velyki Birky. History The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Urban-type Settlements In Ukraine
On 1 January 2006 there were 885 urban-type settlements ( uk, селище міського типу, translit.: ''selysche mis'koho typu'') in Ukraine. Below is the list of ''all'' urban-type settlements by subdivisions and population, which is given according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census. __TOC__ Urban-type settlements in Ukraine (by subdivisions) Autonomous Republic of Crimea , Cherkasy Oblast , Chernihiv Oblast , Chernivtsi Oblast , Dnipropetrovsk Oblast , Donetsk Oblast , Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , Kharkiv Oblast , Kherson Oblast , Khmelnytskyi Oblast , Kyiv Oblast , Kirovohrad Oblast , Luhansk Oblast , Lviv Oblast , Mykolaiv Oblast , Odessa Oblast , Poltava Oblast , Rivne Oblast , Sevastopol , Sumy Oblast , Ternopil Oblast , Vinnytsia Oblast , Volyn Oblast , Zakarpattia Oblast , Zaporizhzhia Oblast , Zhytomyr Oblast See also * List of places named after people#Ukraine * Administrative divisions of Ukraine * Raio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |