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Povorsk

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.

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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.