Haltschyn (Andruschiwka)
| Haltschyn | |||
| Гальчин | |||
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| Oblast : | Zhytomyr Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Andrushivka district | ||
| Height : | 214 m | ||
| Area : | 19.414 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,316 (2001) | ||
| Population density : | 119 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 13432 | ||
| Area code : | +380 4136 | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 0 ′ N , 29 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| KOATUU : | 1820382401 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Address: | вул. Ватутіна 1 13432 с. Гальчин |
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| Website : | City council website | ||
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Haltschyn ( Ukrainian Гальчин ; Russian Гальчин Galtschin ) is a village in the south of the Ukrainian Oblast Zhytomyr with about 2,300 inhabitants (2001).
The village, first mentioned in writing in 1683, is the only place in the 19.414 km² district council of the same name in the center of Andruschiwka Rajon .
Haltschyn lies at the confluence of the 33 km long Pustocha ( Пустоха ) in the Hujwa ( Гуйва ), a 97 km long tributary of the Teteriw . It borders in the northeast on the Rajonzentrum Andruschiwka and the Oblastzentrum Zhytomyr lies 45 km northwest of the village.
In 2001, the Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory "July Morning" started its work in Haltschyn . An asteroid discovered by the observatory in 2007 was named in honor of the village (161962) Galchyn .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local website on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on September 11, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ history Haltschyn in the history of the towns and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on September 11, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Website of the district council ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada; accessed on September 11, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ 161962 in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
