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Rivne

Rivne
Рівне
City
Rivne theatre
Rivne theatre
Flag of Rivne
Flag
Coat of arms of Rivne
Coat of arms
Rivne is located in Rivne Oblast
Rivne
Rivne
Location within the Rivne Oblast
Coordinates: 50°37′N 26°15′E / 50.617°N 26.250°E / 50.617; 26.250Coordinates: 50°37′N 26°15′E / 50.617°N 26.250°E / 50.617; 26.250
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Rivne Oblast
Raion Rivne Raion
Government
 • Mayor Volodymyr Khomko
Area
 • Total 63.00 km2 (24.32 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 256,774
 • Density 4,274/km2 (11,070/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+3)
Website www.city-adm.rv.ua/

Rivne (Ukrainian: Рівне, Ukrainian pronunciation: [ˈriu̯nɛ]; Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe) is a historic city in western Ukraine and the historical region of Volhynia. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast. Before World War II the city was located in Poland and during the German occupation in 1941–44 the city was designated as a capital of the German Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine).

Rivne is an important transportation hub, with the international Rivne Airport, and rail links to Zdolbuniv, Sarny and Kovel, as well as highways linking it with Brest, Kiev and Lviv.

The estimated population was around 250,242 as of 2013.

Rivne was first mentioned in 1283 as one of the inhabited places of Halych-Volhynia. From the second half of the 14th century it was under the Great Duchy of Lithuania and from 1569 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1492 the city was granted Magdeburg rights. Following the Second Partition of Poland in 1793 Rivne became a part of Russian Empire, and in 1797 it was declared as a regional town of the Volhynian Governorate.


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