Sanok, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland

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🇵🇱 Sanok is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern Poland. Located on the San River and around 52 km south of Przemyśl, Sanok lies directly by the Carpathian Mountains.

Once settled by Poles, Jews and Lemkos, the town's history goes back almost 1000 years when it was part of a medieval trade route. The Museum of Folk Architecture as well as the refurbished Sanok Castle and Old Town are popular points of interest. The region also features a 70 km trail for hikers and cyclists.

The city of Sanok is the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998) and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship (1340–1772), which was part of the Red Ruthenia region, and in wider sense, of the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown (not of Lesser Poland proper). Historically, it was part of the Land of Sanok.

This historic city is situated on the San River at the foot of Castle Hill in the Lesser Poland (Małopolska) region. It lies in a wooded, hilly area near the national road number 28, which runs along southern Poland, from Ustrzyki Dolne to Wadowice (340 km or 211 mi away). It is located in the heartland of the Pogórze Bukowskie part of Doły (Pits), and its average elevation is 300 m (984 ft) above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city.

Sanok is located on the bank of the river San. The area surrounding mountain range stretches between the Wisłok, Osława and San Rivers in the Salt Mountains (Central Beskidian Piedmont), in the inland with temperateness climate. The hills of the Bieszczady mountain range are typical for this countryside. Sanok County is bordered by Krosno County to the west, Brzozów County to the north, Przemyśl County to the north-east and Lesko County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south. Before World War II, the Oslawa and San Rivers line was designated the wild frontier between Poles and Lemkos.

The city is a member of Carpathian Euroregion, which is designed to bring together the people who inhabit the region of the Carpathian Mountains and to facilitate their co-operation in the fields of science, culture, education, trade, tourism and economy.

Economy Sanok has a strong industry base - home to Stomil Sanok (established in 1932) and Pass Gummiwerke plants, producers of various rubber and metal-rubber seals, strings and laggings for automotive sector, construction industries and electrical household goods sector, PGNiG and Sanok Bus Car Factory "Autosan" (established in 1832), a producer of high capacity buses, cabins for the Polish Army and bodies for rail-vehicles. Stomil is next to the main train station in Sanok and Autosan is a 10-minute walk from the station, while the town centre is a 15-minute walk in the other direction.

Sanok, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland 
<b>Sanok, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland</b>
Image: Silar

Sanok has a population of over 38,397 people. Sanok also forms the centre of the wider Sanok County which has a population of over 94,473 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Sanok has links with:

🇺🇦 Boryslav, Ukraine 🇭🇺 Gyöngyös, Hungary 🇸🇰 Humenné, Slovak Republic 🇺🇦 Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine 🇩🇪 Reinheim, Germany 🇸🇰 Svidník, Slovak Republic
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Antipodal to Sanok is: -157.8,-49.562

Locations Near: Sanok 22.2002,49.5619

🇵🇱 Krosno 21.766,49.694 d: 34.5  

🇵🇱 Rzeszów 22.004,50.041 d: 55.1  

🇵🇱 Przeworsk 22.489,50.058 d: 58.9  

🇵🇱 Przemyśl 22.767,49.783 d: 47.6  

🇵🇱 Jarosław 22.681,50.018 d: 61.3  

🇵🇱 Jasło 21.47,49.745 d: 56.4  

🇵🇱 Ropczyce 21.617,50.05 d: 68.5  

🇸🇰 Michalovce 21.9,48.75 d: 92.9  

🇵🇱 Dębica 21.428,49.993 d: 73.3  

🇺🇦 Uzhgorod 22.289,48.618 d: 105.1  

Antipodal to: Sanok -157.8,-49.562

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16378.2  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16501  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15920.1  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15843.5  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12306  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12198.9  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12182.8  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12179.9  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12179.7  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 12135.6  

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