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Orzhiv Оржів | |
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  Orzhiv Location of Orzhiv in Ukraine Show map of Rivne Oblast Orzhiv Orzhiv (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine | |
| Coordinates:50°45′04″N26°07′07″E / 50.75111°N 26.11861°E /50.75111; 26.11861 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Rivne Oblast |
| Raion | Rivne Raion |
| Hromada | Klevan settlement hromada |
| Founded | 1445 |
| Town status | 1959 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Yuriy Bobrovnik |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 176 m (577 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 4,230 |
| • Density | 473/km2 (1,220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 35313 |
| Area code | +380 362 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Orzhiv (Ukrainian:Оржів) is arural settlement inRivne Raion (district) ofRivne Oblast (province) in westernUkraine. Its population was 4,230 as of the2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population:3,853 (2022 estimate).[3]
Orzhiv was first founded in the beginning of the 16th century, and it acquired the status of anurban-type settlement in 1959. On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Orzhiv became a rural settlement.[4]
The town is 20 km northwest ofRivne, 61 km east ofLutsk. It counts a railway station on the Rivne-Kovel line, and is also the eastern terminus of the "Tunnel of Love", an amusement railway linking it toKlevan, surrounded bygreen arches.
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