Orzhiv


Orzhiv is an urban-type settlement in Rivne Raion of Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,230 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population:

History

Orzhiv was first founded in the beginning of the 16th century, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959.

Geography

The town is 20 km northwest of Rivne, 61 km east of Lutsk. It counts a railway station on the Rivne-Kovel line, and is also the eastern terminus of the "Tunnel of Love", an amusement railway linking it to Klevan, surrounded by green arches.