Zhovkva

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Zhovkva
Жовква
View of Zhovkva
View of Zhovkva
Official coat of arms of Zhovkva
Coat of arms


Government
Country
Oblast
Raion		 Ukraine
Lviv Oblast
Zhovkivskyi Raion
Founded 1597
City rights 1603
Geographical characteristics
Area
 - City
7.64 km²
Population
 - City ()
   - Density
13,316
  1,742/km²
Coordinates 50°4′0″N 23°58′0″E / 50.06667, 23.96667Coordinates: 50°4′0″N 23°58′0″E / 50.06667, 23.96667
Other Information
Postal Code 80300—80304
Dialing Code +380 3252
Sister cities Kraśnik, Poland

Zhovkva (Ukrainian: Жовква; Polish: Żółkiew; German: Zolkiew Yiddish: Zholkva) is a city in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhovkivskyi Raion (district). The current estimated population is 13,500.

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The site of Zhovkva has been inhabited since the 14th century. In 1594 the Polish nobleman Stanisław Żółkiewski fortified the settlement and constructed a castle. In only a few years the town grew greatly in size, becoming a 17th century residence for King John III Sobieski of Poland.

While part of the Soviet Union, Zhovkva in 1951 was renamed Nesterov after the World War I aviator Pyotr Nesterov who became the first to perform a suicide plane crash in the history of aviation near Zhovkva. The name Zhovkva was restored in 1992.

View of Zhovkva.

A street of Zhovkva.

Old market place in Zhovkva.

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