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Rivne (, ; ; ) is a historic city in western Ukraine and the historical region of Volhynia. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast ( province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raion ( district) within the oblast. Before World War II the city was located in Poland and during the German occupation in 1941–44 the city was designated as a capital of the German Ukraine ( Reichskommissariat Ukraine).
Rivne is an important transportation hub, with the international Rivne Airport, and rail links to Zdolbuniv, Sarny and Kovel, as well as highways linking it with Brest, Kiev and Lviv.
The estimated population was around 250,242 .
Riwne is a village (selo) in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine.
The village was established in the course of Josephine colonization by German Roman Catholic settlers in 1783. It was arranged in an unusual manner, within a pentagon, the only such colony in Galicia. In the planning process the village was to have a Catholic church built, which, however, did not happen until 1846.
From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Lwów Voivodeship in Poland. In 1936 the name of the municipality was changed to Równe. In January 1940 the local German population was moved out ( Heim ins Reich), later replaced by Ukrainians.