Hniwan

Hniwan
Гнівань
	Hniwan
Basic data
Oblast :	Vinnytsia Oblast
Rajon :	Tyviv district
Height :	245 m
Area :	14.75 km²
Residents :	12,592 (January 1, 2011)
Population density :	854 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	23310
Area code :	+380 4355
Geographic location :	49 ° 5 '  N , 28 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '28 "  N , 28 ° 20' 55"  E
KOATUU :	524510500
Administrative structure :	1 city, 1 village
Address:	вул. Леніна 64 23310 м. Гнівань
Statistical information
Hniwan

Hniwan ( Ukrainian Гнівань ; Russian Гнивань Gniwan , Polish Hniwań ) is a city in the Ukrainian Vinnytsia Oblast . It is located about 19 kilometers southwest of the oblast capital Vinnytsia on the Southern Bug . Administratively, the village of Hryschynzi ( Грижинці ) also belongs to the city council.

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1629 and initially belonged in the Bracław Voivodeship to Poland-Lithuania , in 1795 it came to the Russian Empire and was administratively incorporated into the Podolia Governorate . In 1938 the village was given urban-type settlement status , and Hniwan has had urban status since 1981.

With the opening of the railway from Kiev to Odessa that ran through the town, the town's economic development began. Large granite quarries were built, and later a sugar factory and a concrete factory were added.

Since 1991 the city has been part of independent Ukraine .

Web links

• Entry on the place in the geographical directory of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries