Nowy Targ (Wojewodztwo Małopolskie, Poland)
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- Sefer Novi-Targ veha-sevivah, 1979 (subj.)t.p. (Novi-Targ) added t.p. (Nowy-Targ [in rom.]) p. 18, 1st group, on map (NW Targ [in rom.]) p. 19, 1st group (Novi-Targ, or Nai-Mark; Neoforum [in rom.]) p. 9, 2nd group (Nowy-Targ; Neoforum; Newmarket, in the Dunaietz Valley, 84 km from Cracow)
- BGN phone call, 8-9-83(Nowy Targ, ppl., 49⁰0ʹ29N, 20⁰0ʹ02E; variant: Novyy Targ)
- Spis Miejsc. PRL, 1968:p. 768 (records 2 places called Nowy Targ)
- Enc. powsz. PWN, 1973-1976:v. 4, p. 869 (Nowy Targ in voivodeship of Nowy Sacz)
- Mapa Polski WWW home page, May 10, 2005:(Nowy Targ; in Wojewodztwo Maopolskie; 49⁰0ʹ29N 20⁰0ʹ01E)
Nowy Targ [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtark] (Officially: Royal Free city of Nowy Targ, Yiddish: Naymark, Goral dialect: Miasto) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Gorce Mountains, at the confluence of the Czarny Dunajec and the Biały Dunajec. It is the seat of the Nowy Targ County and the rural Gmina Nowy Targ, as well as the Tatra Euroregion. With 33,293 inhabitants, Nowy Targ is the largest town and the historic capital of Podhale, as well as its main commercial, communication and industrial center. The town has the Podhale State Vocational University and the highest located airport in Poland. Established before 1233, Nowy Targ received city rights on 22 June 1346 from King Casimir the Great. The historic architectural and urban complex of the town with a medieval market square has been preserved to this day.
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