Buchach
Бучач | |
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![]() Panoramic view of Buchach in 2017 | |
Coordinates: 49°05′00″N 25°24′00″E / 49.08333°N 25.40000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
Raion | Chortkiv Raion |
Hromada | Buchach urban hromada |
First mention | 1260 |
Magdeburg Rights | ab. 1370 (first), 1515 (second) |
Government | |
• City Head | Yosyf Mostsipan |
Area | |
• Total | 9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 12,171 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 48400 — 48401 |
Area code | +380 3544 |
Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Buchach (Ukrainian: Бучач; Polish: Buczacz; Yiddish: בעטשאָטש, romanized: Betshotsh or ביטשאָטש (Bitshotsh); Hebrew: בוצ'אץ' Buchach; German: Butschatsch; Turkish: Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Buchach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Buchach rests 135 kilometres (84 miles) south-east of Lviv, in the historic region of Halychyna (Galicia). The city was located in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the partitions, followed by the Habsburg monarchy (1772—1804), Austrian empire (1804—1867), Austria-Hungary (1867—1918), West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918—1919), the Second Polish Republic (1919—1939), and the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (1939-1991). The population was estimated at 12,171 (2022 estimate).[2]