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Ostrów, Przeworsk County
Ostrów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gać, within Przeworsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Gać, south-west of Przeworsk, and east of the regional capital Rzeszów. A prominent feature of Ostrów is the Roman Catholic parish of St. Fabiana and St. Sebastian which was founded in 1601. Until 1772 the town belonged administratively to the Ruthenian Voivodeship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1772-1918 the town belonged administratively to the Ruthenian Voivodeship of the Habsburg crownland Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. From 1945 to 1975 the town administratively belonged to the Rzeszów voivodship. In 1975–1998 the town belonged administratively to the Przemyśl voivodship. History The village is situated on a frontal moraine headland, which cuts with its high banks into the Markówka valley as flat as a table (Mleczka tributary) . The name "ostrów" is an old term for an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |