Chochołów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

See also: Chochołów, Łódź Voivodeship

Chochołów
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Chochołów
Coordinates: 49°22′4″N 19°49′2″E / 49.36778°N 19.81722°E / 49.36778; 19.81722
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Targ
Gmina	Czarny Dunajec
Population (approx.)	1,135

Chochołów [xɔˈxɔwuf], (Slovak: Chocholov) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.^[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Czarny Dunajec, 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Nowy Targ, and 78 km (48 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków. The village has an approximate population of 1,135.

Chochołów is a village comprised almost exclusively of the original Polish Góral highlanders' wooden houses (góralskie chaty). It became known as the place of Chochołów uprising of 1846 (Powstanie chochołowskie) against the rule of Austria-Hungary. Its economy is closely associated with the popular Polish-Slovak border crossing.

Czarny Dunajec river in Chochołów

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 49°22′04.6″N 19°49′02.9″E / 49.367944°N 19.817472°E / 49.367944; 19.817472