The town is about 45 minute trip from the oblast's administrative centre Lviv (30 km (19 mi)). The town is located on a major road, which ends at the border of Poland as the E40 and continues to Lviv.
The town was founded in 1965 as a workers' settlement called Yantarne (Ukrainian: Янтарне). In 1969 it was renamed to Novoiavorivsk.
In 1985, a new well-maintained school for 1,568 students was built here.[4] City since 1986.[5]
In January 1989 the population was 24 320 people.[6] The largest enterprise was a plant of reinforced concrete structures.[5]
In 2008, by a resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Novoiavorivske was renamed to the city of Novoiavorivsk. On September 23, 2008, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 578-VI, which included 757.2 hectares of land under the jurisdiction of the Novoiavorivsk City Council within the city limits and approved the total area of the city of 974.9 hectares. New city boundaries were established.
Novoiavorivsk's city center contains a large square with the town's "Palace of Culture" building and the town's church. The town also contains a football field. In the town based Hockey Club Levy. Novoiavorivsk is twinned with Leżajsk, Poland.
Transport
A railway station is located here, it is called Jantarne Train Station. It has one or two regional trains per day. [5]
^Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии, 1985 (вып. 29). М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1985. стр.177
^Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии, 1986 (вып. 30). М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.177
^ abcНовояворовское // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.42