Sambir
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Sambir Ukrainian: Самбiр |
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| City of regional significance | |||
Sambir. The former Treasury building
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 Sambir
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| Coordinates: 49°31′0″N 23°12′10″E / 49.51667°N 23.20278°ECoordinates: 49°31′0″N 23°12′10″E / 49.51667°N 23.20278°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast | ||
| Municipality | Sambir | ||
| Government | |||
| • Major | Yuri Gamar | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 35,086 | ||
| • Density | 1,458/km2 (3,780/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | +2 GMT | ||
| Postal code | 81400 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380-3236 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Sambir (Ukrainian: Самбір), is a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Sambir Raion (district), It is designated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It is located close to the border with Poland. Population: 35,086 (2015).
Sambir is situated on the left Bank of the Dniester river. The city stands at the crossroads. It is the cultural, industrial and tourist center of modern Ukraine.
The fifth largest city in the Lviv Oblast. Distance to the regional center by rail for 78 miles, by road 76 km length of the city from the South-West to North-East is 10.5 km, and from North-West to South-East 4.5 km from the hotel. the area is 24 km².
The center is located at the height of 305,96 m above sea level.
The city is an important road connecting Eastern and Western Europe, North and South. Through Sambor electrified railway tracks, trunk pipelines and power lines.
The history of the cities Sambir and Staryi Sambir, which are both situated in Halychyna (which is now part of Ukraine), in the Lviv Oblast by the Dnister river, begins in a place currently known as Staryi Sambir ("Old Sambir"). This was founded in the 12th century and served as an important center of the Halych Princedom. In the 13th century, the Tatars destroyed it, and in the year 1241 it was burnt down.
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