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Belz
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Also known as Bełz, Bels, Bełsk, Beltz, Belzec

Belz (, ; ; ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, located near the border with Poland between the Solokiya River (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administration of Belz urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately

Key facts

Settlement.name
Belz
Settlement.native_name
Белз
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uk
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Белз. Вигляд на ратушу.jpg
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City Hall
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Flag of Belz.png
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Flag of Belz
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Coat of Arms Belz.svg
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Belz coat of arms 1772
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Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
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Location in Lviv Oblast##Location in Ukraine
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ukraine
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Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lviv Oblast
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Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sheptytskyi Raion
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Hromada

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  • Modern history
  • Jewish history
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  • See also
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Belz (, ; ; ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, located near the border with Poland between the Solokiya River (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administration of Belz urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately

== History == thumb|left|Saint Paraskeva's wooden churches in Ukraine|wooden church in Belz

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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