Uhniv
Uhniv
Угнів Uhnów | |
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Church of Nativity of the Virgin Mary | |
| Coordinates: 50°22′00″N 23°44′40″E / 50.36667°N 23.74444°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
| Raion | Sheptytskyi Raion |
| Hromada | Belz urban hromada |
| First written mention | 1360 |
| Magdeburg rights | 1462 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 939 |
Uhniv (Ukrainian: Угнів [ˈuɦn⁽ʲ⁾iu̯] ⓘ) is a city in Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It has a population of 939 as of 2022.
Uhniv is the smallest city of Ukraine. It is located 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Belz and 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Rava-Ruska. It is located next to the Poland–Ukraine border. Uhniv belongs to Belz urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It was passed to Ukraine from Poland as a result of the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange.