Monastyryska is a city in Ternopil Oblast

Ternopil Oblast

Ternopil Oblast is an oblast' of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret River, a tributary of the Dnister.-Geography:...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. It is administrative center of the Monastyryska Raion

Monastyryska Raion

Monastyryska Raion is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Monastyryska. It has a population of 34 537.-See also:* Subdivisions of Ukraine* Ternopil Oblast...

. Population is 6,344 (2001).

The city is situated on the river Koropets, 15 km (9.32 mi) from Buchach

Buchach

Buchach is a small city located on the Strypa River in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine...

, 140 km (86.99 mi) south east from Lviv

Lviv

Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

, on the road between Berezhany

Berezhany

Berezhany is a city located in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Berezhanskyi Raion , and rests about 100 km from Lviv and 50 km from the oblast capital, Ternopil. The city has a population of about 20,000, and is about 400 m above sea level...

 and Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....

. The river Koropets forms a wide lake.

Monasteryska borders Hryhoriv and Bertnyky on the east, Ozekhiv on the south, Vycholky and Stara Huta

Stara Huta

-Places in Poland:*Stara Huta, Garwolin County in Masovian Voivodeship *Stara Huta, Gdańsk County in Pomeranian Voivodeship *Stara Huta, Gmina Kartuzy in Pomeranian Voivodeship...

 on the west, Nova Huta, Shveykiv and Kovalivka on the north.

Prior to the war in 1939, the city had 1741 Roman Catholics (Poles

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

), 408 Greek-Catholics (Ukrainians

Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

) and 1,310 Jews. Roman Catholic church existed since 1702.