Nowy Łupków [ˈnɔvɨ ˈwupkuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komańcza, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Komańcza, 34 km (21 mi) south of Sanok, and 87 km (54 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.
Nowy Łupków | |
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Village | |
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  Nowy Łupków | |
| Coordinates: 49°15′24″N 22°5′2″E / 49.25667°N 22.08389°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Sanok |
| Gmina | Komańcza |
| Population | 390 |
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The village emerged when the local railway station was built in 1872, along the line from Zagórz to then-Hungarian-owned Slovakia (First Hungarian-Galician Railway, Erste Ungarisch-Galizische Eisenbahn). At first, its inhabitants were mostly working on the railways. Currently, it is the southernmost railroad station in Poland, and a rail border crossing with Slovakia. In 1890-1898 the village was also linked with narrow-gauge Bieszczadzka Forest Railway.
A penal colony was built here after the Second World War, in which a number of Solidarność representatives were imprisoned during the Martial law in Poland period in 1981 and 1982.
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