- Sambir
Infobox City
official_name = Sambir
native_name = Самбір
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image_shield =Sambir.png
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Ukraine
subdivision_type1 = Administrative Division
subdivision_name1 =Lviv Oblast
subdivision_type2 = Raion
subdivision_name2 = Sambirsky Raion
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population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 36,556
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latd=49 |latm=31 |lats=0 |latNS=N
longd=23 |longm=12 |longs=0 |longEW=E
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 81412
area_code = +380-3236
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website =Sambir ( _uk. Самбір, _pl. Sambor) is a
city in theLviv Oblast , westernUkraine , close to the border withPoland . Serving as the administrative center of theSambirsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located at around coord|49|31|0|N|23|11|60|E.History
Beginning in the 12th century it was a part of the Kingdom of
Galicia-Volhynia . In the year 1374 it became part ofPoland . It earned theMagdeburg rights of a city in 1390 and was owned bySpytek of Melsztyn .Between the years of 1772 to 1918 it became part of the Polish lands that were partitioned by
Austria-Hungary . In 1919 it became part of theSecond Polish Republic until its 1939 annexation by theSoviet Union . From 1941 to 1944Nazi Germany occupied the town. After it was taken over by the Soviets, it became a town in aUkrainian SSR . It was home to Sambor air base during theCold War . It has been part of independent Ukraine since 1991.External links
* [http://www.kresy.co.uk/sambor.html Sambor history]
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