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Vicovu de Sus
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| Country | Romania |
| County | Suceava County |
| Status | Town |
| Founded | May 1436 (first official record) |
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| • Total | 42.55 km2 (16.4 sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 727610 |
| Area code(s) | +40 x 23 |
| Car Plates | SV |
Vicovu de Sus (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌvikovu de ˈsus]; German: Oberwikow) is a town in northern Suceava County, on the border with Ukraine. The town administers one village, Bivolărie.
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It was bought by Ştefan cel Mare for Putna Monastery in the year 1466. The locality, previously a rural commune, received town status in 2004.
79.05% of the town's residents are Romanian Orthodox, with 19.47% being Pentecostal and 1.26% Baptist.[1]
According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 14,125 people living in this town. Of this population, 97.27% are ethnic Romanians, 2.66% ethnic Rroma, 0.04% ethnic Ukrainians and 0.02% ethnic Germans.[2]