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Łuków

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Also known as Lukow, Lukuv, Lukuvas, Lukova, Lukuva, Likova, Lukov, Likeva

Łuków is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship (between 1975 and 1998). It is the capital of Łuków County.

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2006
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30564
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CET
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+1
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CEST
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+1
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Postal code
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21-400
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LLU
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Łuków
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Łuków montage 3.jpg
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From top, left to right: Collegiate church of Transfiguration, Exaltation of the Holy Cross church, town hall, 18th-century building of boarding school, currently Regional Museum, railroad station, Zimna Woda Reservoir
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Population
27906
Area
36
Official website
www.lukow.pl
Image
Łuków montage 3.jpg
Licence plate code
LLU
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Łuków
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Łuków
postal code
21-400
male population
13304
female population
14602
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  • Etymology
  • History
  • World War II
  • Post-World War II
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Łuków is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship (between 1975 and 1998). It is the capital of Łuków County.

The town has an area of , of which forests make up 13%. Łuków is located on the Southern Krzna river, at approximately 160 meters above sea level. For 500 years Łuków, together with neighboring towns Siedlce and Radzyń Podlaski, was part of Lesser Poland, and was located in the extreme northeastern corner of the province. Some time in the 19th century, it became associated with another historical region of Poland, Podlasie.

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