Tlumach Тлумач
Coat of arms
Tlumach Location of Tlumach within Urkaine
Coordinates: 48°52′0″N 25°0′0″E / 48.866667°N 25°E / 48.866667; 25Coordinates: 48°52′0″N 25°0′0″E / 48.866667°N 25°E / 48.866667; 25
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk
Raion	Tlumatskyi Raion
Population (2001)
- Total	8,800

Tlumach (Ukrainian: Тлумач; also referred to as Tovmach, Polish: Tłumacz) is a small city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Tlumatsky Raion (district).

The current estimated population is around 8,800 (as of 2001).

History

The town came under Austrian control in 1772.

Tłumacz was the seat of a Powiat (district) in the Second Polish Republic. In 1921, its population was around 5,000, consisting mostly of Poles and 2,012 Jews, with members of the Armenian minority. The Ukrainians dominated in the villages around the town. During World War II , the Germans murdered the Jews, and those Poles and Armenians who survived were forced by the Soviets to leave Tlumacz after 1945. Most of them settled in Lower Silesia; they organized themselves into the Association of Inhabitants of Tlumacz, which is located in Wrocław.

Name

In Ukrainian the word means interpretor of the one who explains the meaning of words. Possibly it was named by the White Croats that once inhibited the area.

Local orientation

	Nadorozhna	Palahychi Lokitka	Popeliv
	Kolintsi Pshenychnyky		Honcharivka
		Tlumach
	Hrynivtsi	Korolivka Melnyky	Hrushka Tarasivka

Regional orientation

	Yezupil Tysmenytsia	Monastyryska (Ternopil Oblast)	Koropets (Ternopil Oblast)
	Ivano-Frankivsk		Chernelytsia
		Tlumach
	Otynia	Kolomyia	Obertyn Horodenka

Administrative divisions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine Administrative center:  Ivano-Frankivsk Raions Bohorodchany · Dolyna · Halych · Horodenka · Kalush · Kolomyia · Kosiv · Nadvirna · Rohatyn · Rozhniativ · Sniatyn · Tlumach · Tysmenytsia · Verkhovyna Cities Oblast subordinated cities Bolekhiv · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kalush · Kolomyia · Yaremche Burshtyn · Dolyna · Halych · Horodenka · Kosiv · Nadvirna · Rohatyn · Sniatyn · Tlumach · Tysmenytsia Urban-type settlements Bytkiv · Bilshivtsi · Bohorodchany · Broshniv-Osada · Bukachivtsi · Chernelytsya · Delatyn · Hvizdets · Kuty · Lanchyn · Lysets · Obertyn · Otynia · Perehinske · Pechenizhyn · Rozhniativ · Solotvyn · Verkhovyna · Voynyliv · Vorokhta · Vyhoda · Yabluniv · Yezupil · Zabolotiv