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Rafalivka
Rafalivka is an urban-type settlement in the Volodymyrets Raion ( district) of Rivne Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 3,278 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.
The settlement was founded in 1902 as poz'izd Polytsi . Its name was changed to Nova Rafalivka in 1927. The settlement's name was again changed to its current "Rafalivka" when it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.