Orawka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Orawka
Village

John the Baptist Church, c. 1650[2]
Orawka
Coordinates: 49°30′32″N 19°43′1″E / 49.50889°N 19.71694°E / 49.50889; 19.71694
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Nowy Targ
Gmina Jabłonka

Orawka [ɔˈrafka], (Slovak: Orávka) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonka, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Jabłonka, 23 km (14 mi) west of Nowy Targ, and 64 km (40 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.[3]

The village lies in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: Orawa), which since the Middle Ages belonged to Hungary.

References

  1. "Kościół pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela". Otwarty Szlak Architektury Drewnianej (in Polish). Małopolska Organizacja Turystyczna.
  2. "Kościół pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela". Otwarty Szlak Architektury Drewnianej (in Polish). Małopolska Organizacja Turystyczna.
  3. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 49°30′32″N 19°43′1″E / 49.50889°N 19.71694°E / 49.50889; 19.71694

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