Vorokhta

Vorokhta (; ) is a rural settlement located in the Carpathian Mountains on the Prut River in Ukraine. It is part of Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Historically, it is a tourist spa town and later was also turned into a ski resort with several ski-jumping ramps (Avanhard). Vorokhta hosts the administration of Vorokhta settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: due to a constant flow of tourists, its population almost year-round is bigger.

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Settlement.official_name: Vorokhta
Settlement.image_caption: Vorokhta landscape
Settlement.image_flag: Сцяг Варохті.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Vorohta s.gif
Settlement.settlement_type: Rural settlement
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nadvirna Raion
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 17th century
Settlement.leader_title: Head of council
Settlement.leader_name: Petro Kermoshchuk
Settlement.area_total_km2: 15
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 4207
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Located at an elevation of above sea level, it is known for its close ties to the Hutsuls – an ethno-cultural group of Ukrainians who live in the Carpathians, and is often regarded as a Hutsul capital.

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