Stara Vyzhivka

Rural locality in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

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51°26′N 24°26′E / 51.433°N 24.433°E / 51.433; 24.433Country

UkraineOblastVolyn OblastRaionKovel RaionHromadaStara Vyzhivka settlement hromadaFirst mentioned1508Area

• Total4.99 km² (1.93 sq mi)Population

(2022)

• Total5,058 • Density1,000/km² (2,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Stara Vyzhivka (Ukrainian: Стара Вижівка, Polish: Wyżwa Stara) is a rural settlement in Volyn Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Volhynia. It is an administrative seat of the Stara Vyzhivka Raion. Population: 5,058 (2022 estimate)^[1]

History

Until 26 January 2024, Stara Vyzhivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Stara Vyzhivka became a rural settlement.^[2]

People

Yaktak (born 2005), Ukrainian singer and songwriter^[3]

References

^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
^ Наталія Легка (2019-07-13). "Соловейко з Волині Ярослав Карпук спочатку навчився співати, а потім — говорити". Вісник. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23.