Zdynia ( rue, Ждыня, uk, Ждиня, ''Zhdynia'') is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Uście Gorlickie, within
Gorlice County
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Gorlice County ( pl, powiat gorlicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish l ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of
3,404,863 (2019).
It was created on 1 ...
, in southern
Poland
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, close to the border with
Slovakia
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.
It lies approximately east of
Uście Gorlickie
Uście Gorlickie ( uk, Устя Руське, ''Ustia Rus’ke'') is a village in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''g ...
, south-east of
Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...
.
The village has a population of 220. Zdynia is the site of an
annual festival of
Lemko culture. The village is located between mountains of
Beskid Niski on the way of walking and cycle paths. It is also a place of one of the largest in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
motorcycle gatherings.
References
Lemko Region
Rusyn culture
Villages in Gorlice County
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939)
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