Povorsk
Sign in to savePovorsk () is a village in Volhyna region in Ukraine, in Kovel Raion of Volyn Oblast. The town is 25 kilometers east of Kovel. It has a population of 1875.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Povorsk
- Settlement.native_name
- Поворськ
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Ukrainian
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ukraine Volyn Oblast#Ukraine
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kovel Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Hromada
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Povorsk rural hromada
- Settlement.population_total
- 1875
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 45050
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.image_flag
- Povorsk prapor.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Povorsk gerb.png
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 295.97
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Povorsk () is a village in Volhyna region in Ukraine, in Kovel Raion of Volyn Oblast. The town is 25 kilometers east of Kovel. It has a population of 1875.
== History == On June 26, 1941, the German army occupied the village. From August to September 1942, Jews of the village were kept in a ghetto. In September 1942, an Einsatzgruppen murdered 200 Jews in a mass execution.
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