Sanok

Sanok (Latin: Sanocum; Ukrainian: Сянiк, Syanik; Yiddish: Sonik, in full "The Royal Free City of Sanok", Polish: Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It is the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998) and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship (1340-1772), which was part of the Lesser Poland province. Historically it was part of the Land of Sanok and the Ruthenian Voivodeship. 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/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.