Chabówka

Also known as Chabowka

Chabówka is a village located on the outskirts of the southern Polish town of Rabka, in the Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. With population of 1,600 (as for 2006), Chabówka is a popular tourist attraction because of its location near the Gorce Mountains featuring Gorce National Park.

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Settlement.name: Chabówka
Settlement.image_skyline: Skansen w Chabówce lokomotywa 7p.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Locomotive museum
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lesser Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nowy Targ
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Rabka-Zdrój
Settlement.population_as_of: 2006
Settlement.population_total: 1600
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2

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Official name: Chabówka
Population: 1560
Elevation: 502
Image: Skansen w Chabówce lokomotywa 7p.jpg

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postal code: 34-720
native label: Chabówka
Commons category: Chabówka
male population: 747
female population: 813
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It also is an important rail junction, situated along the main line from Kraków to Zakopane, with another connection, to Nowy Sącz, beginning in Chabówka. Near the rail station there is a railway museum, with many examples of Polish-operated locomotives and rail cars.