Khyriv

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Khyriv

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Khyriv (Ukrainian: Хирів, Polish: Chyrów) is a small town in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine.

Polish–Ukrainian War 1918-1919. Polish defenders of the Chyrów (Jesuit college in the background), 1919

It housed a Jesuit college, Zakład Naukowo-Wychowawczy Ojców Jezuitów w Chyrowie, then in Poland.

Population is 4,590 (2001).

 Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Administrative center:  Lviv
Raions
Brody · Busk · Drohobych · Horodok · Kamianka-Buzka · Mostyska · Mykolaiv · Peremyshliany · Pustomyty · Radekhiv · Sambir · Skole · Sokal · Staryi Sambir · Stryi · Turka · Yavoriv · Zhovkva · Zhydachiv · Zolochiv
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Coat of arms of Lviv Oblast
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Urban-type
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Coordinates: 49°32′N 22°51′E / 49.533°N 22.85°E / 49.533; 22.85


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