Tarnopol, Saskatchewan

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Hamlet of Tarnopol
Unincorporated
Location of Tarnopol in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 52°42′00″N 105°23′02″W / 52.7000°N 105.3839°W / 52.7000; -105.3839Coordinates: 52°42′00″N 105°23′02″W / 52.7000°N 105.3839°W / 52.7000; -105.3839
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division Division No. 15
Rural Municipality Invergordon
Population (2006)
  Total 5
Area code(s) 306

Tarnopol is a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada, located 50 km southwest of the city of Melfort. It was settled mostly by Ukrainian and Polish immigrants in the early 1900s. It gets its name from Ternopil, Ukraine, which was formerly known as Tarnopol when the territory was part of Poland.[1]

See also

Tarnopol, Saskatchewan is actually located at this latitude and longitude: N 52 42 00.19, and W 105 23 03.69.

References

  1. Russell, E.T. (1973) What's in a Name?, p. 317, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Book Service, ISBN 0-919306-39-X

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