Bilohiria

Bilohiria ()) is a rural settlement in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bilohiria settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The settlement's population was 5,592 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census and Nearby urban localities include Yampil (formerly Yampol or Iampol), Kremenets, and Kornytsya.

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Place details

Locality: Білогір’я
Region: Хмельницька область
Country: Україна
Population: 5,244

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Bilohiria
Settlement.native_name: Білогір'я
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk
Settlement.settlement_type: Rural settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: Вигляд Білогір'я (Ляхівці).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Bilohiria with the Dominican Cathedral in the background (ca. 17th century).
Settlement.image_shield: File:Bilogirya gerb.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine#Ukraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Settlement.pushpin_label: Bilohiria
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Bilohiria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Shepetivka Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bilohiria settlement hromada
Settlement.established_title: Founded

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Official website

Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Name
History
Medieval and early modern period
19th century
20th century
Modern time
See also
References
External links

The town is located on the banks of the Horyn River, a tributary of the Pripyat. The town of Bilohiria also administers the Bilohiria Settlement Council (), whose jurisdiction also covers the villages of Karasykha and Trostianka.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bilohiria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.