Ushok
| Ushok | |||
| Ужок | |||
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| Oblast : | Zakarpattia Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Velykyi Berezny district | ||
| Height : | 567 m | ||
| Area : | 22.769 km² | ||
| Residents : | 772 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 34 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 89031 | ||
| Area code : | +380 3135 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 59 ' N , 22 ° 52' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 2120886801 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Address: | 89031 с. Uzhok 155 | ||
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Uschok ( Ukrainian and Russian Ужок , Slovak Užok , Hungarian Uzsok ) is a village in the north of the Ukrainian Zakarpattia Oblast with about 770 inhabitants.
Ushok is located in the Forest Carpathians at an altitude of 567 m below the Uschok Pass , an important mountain pass near the border between Poland and Ukraine and near the source of the Ush , from which the village owes its name.
The village has an area of 22,769 km² and is the only village in the district council of the same name in the northeast of Velykyj Bereznyj district .
The national trunk road N 13 runs through the village, leading southwest to the center of the Uzhhorod oblast and northeast over the Ushok pass to Sjanky and on to Lviv . The Lviv – Sambir – Chop railway runs north of the village .
The church building of the Greek Orthodox Church of Archangel Michael ⊙ is located in the village, first mentioned in writing in 1582 . It is one of the wooden churches of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine , which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the village of Ushok on the website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on July 2, 2017 (Ukrainian)