Halych

Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. It gave its name to the Principality of Halych, to the historic province of Galicia, and to the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia, whose capital it was until the early 14th century, when the seat of the local rulers moved to Lviv. Today it is a small town covering only part of the territory of the former Galician capital, although it kept the old name. It belongs to Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, lies 26 km north of the oblast capital Ivano-Frankivsk, and hosts the administration of the Halych urban hromada. Its population was estimated at 6,086 in 2022.