Verkhovyna

Verkhovyna Верховина
Town
Skyline of Verkhovyna
Verkhovyna Location of Verkhovyna, Ukraine
Coordinates: UA 48°09′06″N 24°48′49″E / 48.15167°N 24.81361°ECoordinates: UA 48°09′06″N 24°48′49″E / 48.15167°N 24.81361°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Raion	Verkhovyna
First mentioned	1424
Area
• Total	51.80 km^2 (20.00 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	5,857
• Density	104.48/km^2 (270.6/sq mi)
Area code(s)	+380 3432

Verkhovyna (Ukrainian: Верховина; before 1962, Ukrainian: Жаб'є, Polish: Żabie) is an urban-type settlement located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukrainian. Verkhovyna serves as the administrative center of Verkhovyna Raion. Population: 5,857 (2016 est.)^[1].

It was originally established as Żabie in 1424.^[2][3]

The town is located in the Hutsul region of the Carpathian Mountains called Pokuttya, upon the Cheremosh River, a tributary of the Prut. Verkhovyna is currently an important tourist center in Ukraine. The town's name means "highland place."

In 1918-1939, Żabie belonged to Poland and was located in the Kosów Powiat (county) of the Stanisławów Voivodeship. During those years, it was one of the main tourist centers of the country, attracting people from as far away as England. It was also the biggest rural community in Poland (in terms of territory).

After years of Soviet rule, the village did not resemble the picturesque mountain spa that existed in the 1930s. There is an interesting Orthodox church, a Hutsul museum and a Polish cemetery with monuments of soldiers of the Polish Border Patrol who died while protecting the pre-1939 border. Another important attraction in Verkhovyna is the museum of Roman Kumluk.

Gallery

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  Carpathians in Verkhovyna
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  Church in Verkhovyna
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  Film museum
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  Sanatoria in Verkhovyna
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  Hutsul museum
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  Verkhovyna district council

Climate

The climate in Verkhovyna is a mild to warm summer subtype (Köppen: Dfb) of the humid continental climate.

Climate data for Verkhovyna
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	−5.1 (22.8)	−3.2 (26.2)	1.3 (34.3)	7.4 (45.3)	12.5 (54.5)	15.5 (59.9)	16.9 (62.4)	16.6 (61.9)	12.9 (55.2)	7.6 (45.7)	2.2 (36)	−2.4 (27.7)	6.9 (44.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	38 (1.5)	36 (1.42)	38 (1.5)	60 (2.36)	88 (3.46)	109 (4.29)	104 (4.09)	81 (3.19)	54 (2.13)	41 (1.61)	42 (1.65)	46 (1.81)	737 (29.01)
Source: Climate-Data.org[4]

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. Verkhovyna Raion's profile as Verkhovna Rada website
3. Horse riding in Verkhovyna
4. "Climate: Verkhovyna". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 1 May 2014.