Lviv facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Lviv
Львів
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City of regional significance
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Ukrainian transcription(s) | |||||
• National | Lviv | ||||
• ALA-LC | L′viv | ||||
• BGN/PCGN | L’viv | ||||
• Scholarly | L′viv | ||||
From top down: Historic Centre of Lviv, Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, the Market Square
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Municipality | Lviv | ||||
Founded | 1240–1247 | ||||
Magdeburg law | 1356 | ||||
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• Total | 182.01 km2 (70.27 sq mi) | ||||
Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) | ||||
Population
(January 2019)
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• Total | 724,713 | ||||
• Density | 3,982/km2 (10,310/sq mi) | ||||
• Demonym | Leopolitan | ||||
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | ||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | ||||
Postal codes |
79000–79490
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Area code(s) | +380 32(2) | ||||
Licence plate | BC (before 2004: ТА, ТВ, ТН, ТС) | ||||
Sister cities | Corning, Freiburg, Grozny, Kraków, Lublin, Novi Sad, Przemyśl, Saint Petersburg, Whitstable, Winnipeg, Wolfsburg, Rochdale |
Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів) is the capital city of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. 860,000 people live in Lviv. 88% of the people living there are Ukrainian, 8% are Russian, and 1% are Polish. An extra 200,000 people commute to Lviv every day for work.
During the city's history, it was ruled by many countries. When part of Poland it was called Lwów (pronounced and sometimes spelled Lvov). In German, it was known as Lemberg, that was part of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires and again under Nazi German occupation. From 1350 until 1772 it belonged to the Kingdom of Poland and from 1918 to 1939 to the Republic of Poland.
Images for kids
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John II Casimir, King of Poland, pledging an oath at Lwów's Latin Cathedral, by painter Jan Matejko. Collection of the Wrocław Museum.
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The front façade of the Lviv University, the oldest university in Ukraine
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A confectioner makes chocolate lions at the Festival of Chocolate
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Aleksander Fredro Monument, moved from Lviv to Wrocław, its sister city, after World War II
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The Jesuit Church – An example of baroque style in Lviv
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Bernardine church and monastery in the style of Italian and Dutch mannerism
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View on Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
See also
In Spanish: Leópolis para niños
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