Bukowsko

Bukowsko () is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It lies in the Bukowsko Upland mountains. During the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was in Lesser Poland prowincja.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bukowsko
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Bukowsko kosciol gmina.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Main street in Bukowsko, Catholic Church and city bank.
Settlement.image_shield: POL Bukowsko COA old.svg
Settlement.etymology: Its name comes from the Slavic word buk, meaning "beech" (beech wood)
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Sanok
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bukowsko
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1361
Settlement.area_total_km2: 8.2
Settlement.elevation_m: 340

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bukowsko
Population: 1917
Official website: www.bukowsko.pl
Image: Widok na Bukowsko z drogi na Tokarnię - panoramio (1).jpg
Licence plate code: RSA

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Commons category: Bukowsko
postal code: 38-505
P8168: Transcendental Meditation
native label: Bukowsko

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Bukowsko () is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It lies in the Bukowsko Upland mountains. During the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was in Lesser Poland prowincja.

==Characteristics== Bukowsko is the administrative and cultural centre of the Gmina Bukowsko. It is crossed by the rail road connecting it with Slovakia. It is especially the private sector and service industries that are developing rapidly at this time.