Львів | |||||
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Ukrainian transcription(s) | |||||
• National | Lviv | ||||
• ALA-LC | L′viv | ||||
• BGN/PCGN | L’viv | ||||
• Scholarly | L′viv | ||||
Coordinates: 49°49′48″N 24°00′51″E / 49.83000°N 24.01417°ECoordinates: 49°49′48″N 24°00′51″E / 49.83000°N 24.01417°E | |||||
Country | Ukraine | ||||
Oblast | Lviv Oblast | ||||
Municipality | Lviv | ||||
Founded | 1240–1247 | ||||
Magdeburg law | 1356 | ||||
Government | |||||
• Mayor | Andriy Sadovyi | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total | 182.01 km2 (70.27 sq mi) | ||||
Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) | ||||
Population (January 2019) | |||||
• 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 | {{#property:p281}} | ||||
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 | ||||
Website | city-adm |
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.