| Kalush Калуш |
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Kalush
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| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | ||
| Raion | Kalush city | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 65 km2 (25.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 63,800 | ||
| • Density | 1,052.02/km2 (2,724.7/sq mi) | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 3472 | ||
| Sister cities | Dolyna | ||
| Website | http://kalush.net | ||
Kalush (Ukrainian: Калуш, Polish: Kałusz, translit. Kalush) is a city set in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of western Ukraine.
It is a separate municipality subordinate to the oblast, as well as the administrative centre of the surrounding Kalush Raion (district).
Important local industries include food processing, clothing manufacture, chemicals, handicrafts, woodcarving, and concrete. The city is notorious for its bleaching products that locally became referred kalushanka.
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| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2007 | 67,180 | — |
| 2008 | 67,150 | −0.0% |
| 2009 | 67,207 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 67,453 | +0.4% |
| Note: 2010 data is valid thru October Source: Regional Statistics Office |
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The earliest known mention of Kalush is the accounting of a settlement of that name in a Halychyna chronicle dated May 27, 1437. Incorporated as a city in 1549 the city was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Austria-Hungary and Second Polish Republic. In 1940, the Soviets forced Polish inhabitants of Kalush to leave the town and forcefully moved them to Siberia, where most of the Poles died.
In 1941, some of the Poles who survived the Soviet labour camps became part of Anders Army and some of these were selected to join the Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain.
Then, in late 1941 and 1942, Jewish inhabitants of Kalush were murdered by the Germans. Since the 16th Century, a Jewish community had flourished in the city; however, in 1941, while under Nazi control, that community was virtually eliminated.
Note: Percentage indicates correlation to the total number of seats in the city council which is 50. The results of election were taken from kalush.net where they were published on November 4, 2010.[1][2] Election was half and half, one (25 seats) by the "majority rule", another (25 seats) - by "party-list". There were 15 non-affiliated members, all of which associated themselves with the Ukrainian Party[3] (2006).
Kalush, Ukraine is twinned with:
| City | Country | Year of Signing |
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| Bačka Palanka | Serbia | |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | United States |
| Stepanivka Verkhnya |
Mostyshche Kopanky |
Dovpotiv Studinka |
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| Kropyvnyk Sivka-Kaluska |
Vistova | |||
| Kalush | ||||
| Piylo Dovhe-Kaluske |
Dobrovlyany Pidmykhailya |
Mysliv Ripianka |
| Stryi (Lviv Oblast) |
Zhuravno (Lviv Oblast) |
Burshtyn Voinyliv |
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| Bolekhiv Broshniv-Osada |
Halych Yezupil |
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| Kalush | ||||
| Dolyna Rozhniativ |
Perehinske Bohorodchany |
Ivano-Frankivsk |
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