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Turka Турка | |
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  Turka Location of Turka Show map of Lviv Oblast Turka Turka (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine | |
| Coordinates:49°09′27″N23°01′21″E / 49.15750°N 23.02250°E /49.15750; 23.02250 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
| Raion | Sambir Raion |
| Hromada | Turka urban hromada |
| First mentioned | 1431 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yaroslav Parashchych |
| Elevation | 557 m (1,827 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 6,925 |
| Postal code | 82500 |
| Area code | +380 |
| Website | https://turka-mrada.gov.ua/ |
Turka (Ukrainian:Турка,IPA:[ˈturkɐ]ⓘ;Polish:Turka;Yiddish:טורקא), formerly known asTurka nad Stryiom (Ukrainian:Турка над Стрийом;Polish:Turka nad Stryjem) is acity located at the confluence of theStryi River and theYablunka River inSambir Raion,Lviv Oblast, westernUkraine. It is located by theCarpathian Mountains. It hosts the administration ofTurka urban hromada, one of thehromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population:6,925 (2022 estimate).[2]
Until 18 July 2020, Turka belonged toTurka Raion and was the administrative center. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of theadministrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number ofraions of Lviv Oblast to seven.[3]
The name Turka originates fromUkrainian word,тур (tur), meaningaurochs or urus (Latin:Bos primigenius), theancestor of domesticcattle — a type of huge wild cattle which inhabited in the surrounding forests (it survived inEurope until 1627).[4] In another version the city's name derives from the Ukrainian name of thegate-towers, "Turia" (Ukrainian:Tурія), "Turja" (Ukrainian:Тур'я), "Turnia" (Ukrainian:Турня), which stood at the entrance to an ancient settlement.
The origin of the name may also be linked to theTurks since the area was under the Hun Empire and they are considered as ancestors of Turks.[citation needed] Also, Turkic tribes werenomadic, settling in various places and assimilating.
The city is located in the southLviv Oblast, in theCarpathian Mountains, on the leftbank of theStryi River, with its tributaries, theYablunka River (Ukrainian:Яблунька) andLitmyr River (Ukrainian:Літмир), and between themountains Shymenka (Ukrainian:Шименка), Kychera (Ukrainian:Кичера), Vinets' (Ukrainian:Вінець) and Osovnya (Ukrainian:Осовня).
The city is located 137 km fromLviv, 107 km fromUzhhorod, 75 km fromDrohobych, at an altitude of 557 metersabove sea level.The location of initial settlement outpost, from which arose Turka, was determined by the so-called "Path of Rus" - Neolithictraderoute that connected through the TurkaWestern Europe to Hungary,Moldova and theBalkan countries.
On June 27, 1431, KingWładysław II Jagiełło presented Turka to a man named Vancza Valachus. This was confirmed in 1444 by KingWładysław III of Poland, and bySigismund I the Old in 1517. In 1730 Turka receivedMagdeburg rights, and three years laters, a Roman Catholic parish was opened here. Turka was administratively located in thePrzemyśl Land,Ruthenian Voivodeship,Lesser Poland Province of theKingdom of Poland. Following theFirst Partition of Poland, from 1772 to 1918 the town belonged to AustrianGalicia.
In theSecond Polish Republic, Turka was the seat of a county inLwów Voivodeship. It was home to a county court, private high school and tax office. At that time, itsstarosta was Tadeusz Zawistowski, and the mayor was Michał Grudziński.
Following the September 1939Invasion of Poland, Turka was occupied by theSoviet Union. In June 1941, the town was captured by theWehrmacht, and its Jewish population was murdered in theHolocaust. AfterWorld War II, the town was reattached to the Soviet Ukraine, and its Polish community was expelled to the so-calledRecovered Territories.
Until 18 July 2020, Turka served as the administrative center ofTurka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Turka Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.[5][6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1880 | 4,685 | — |
| 1916 | 6,080 | +29.8% |
| 1921 | 10,030 | +65.0% |
| 1931 | 10,145 | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 7,982 | −21.3% |
| 2001 | 7,440 | −6.8% |
| 2006 | 7,306 | −1.8% |
| 2022 | 6,925 | −5.2% |
| Source:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] | ||
Thepopulation is 7,306 people in 1114 homes (2006) 99% of the population areUkrainian.
Dynamics of population in the past:
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