Львів |
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• National | Lviv |
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• ALA-LC | L′viv |
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• BGN/PCGN | L’viv |
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• Scholarly | L′viv |
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Coordinates: 49°49′48″N 24°00′51″E / 49.83000°N 24.01417°E / 49.83000; 24.01417Coordinates: 49°49′48″N 24°00′51″E / 49.83000°N 24.01417°E / 49.83000; 24.01417 |
Country | Ukraine |
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Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
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Municipality | Lviv |
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Founded | 1240–1247 |
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Magdeburg law | 1356 |
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• Mayor | Andriy Sadovyi |
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• Total | 182.01 km2 (70.27 sq mi) |
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Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
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• Total | 724,713 |
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• Density | 3,982/km2 (10,310/sq mi) |
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• Demonym | Leopolitan |
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Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
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• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Postal codes | {{#property:p281}} |
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Licence plate | BC (before 2004: ТА, ТВ, ТН, ТС) |
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Sister cities | Corning, Freiburg, Grozny, Kraków, Lublin, Novi Sad, Przemyśl, Saint Petersburg, Whitstable, Winnipeg, Wolfsburg, Rochdale |
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Website | city-adm.lviv.ua |
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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.