Editing Ostroh (section)

{{short description|City in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Ostroh
| native_name        = Острог
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Ukraine|City]]
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage||color=#ffffff|photo1a=Староадемічний_корпус_Острозької_академії.jpg|photo2a = Ostróg_P1570890_Kościół_Wniebowzięcia_NMP.jpg|photo2b = Наукова_бібліотека_НаУОА.jpg|photo3a = Острог._Замок..jpg|photo3b = Луцька_брама_в_Острозі.jpg|spacing = 2| border = 0| size = 250}}
| image_caption      = {{hlist|Clockwise from top: Old Campus of the [[National University of Ostroh Academy|Ostroh Academy]]|Scientific Library of the Academy|Lutsk Gate Tower|Guard Tower of the [[Ostroh Castle]]|Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary}}
| image_flag         = Flag of Ostroh.PNG
| image_shield       = Coat of arms of Ostroh.PNG
| shield_size        = 80px
| pushpin_map        = Ukraine Rivne Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt    = 
| pushpin_map_caption = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|50|20|0|N|26|31|0|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Rivne Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Rivne Raion]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Yuri Yahodka
| established_title  = First mentioned
| established_date   = 1100
| established_title2 = [[City rights]]
| established_date2  = 1795
| area_total_km2     = 10.9
| population_as_of   = [[Ukrainian Census (2001)|2001 census]]
| population_total   = 14,801
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_km2 = 1358
| timezone           = EET
| utc_offset         = +2
| timezone_DST       = EEST
| utc_offset_DST     = +3
| postal_code_type   = Postal code
| postal_code        = 35800—35807
| area_code          = +380 3654
| blank_name         = [[Town twinning|Sister cities]]
| blank_info         = <small>{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Gniew]], [[Sandomierz]], [[Bieruń]], {{flagicon|Czechia}} [[Beroun]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], [[Athens, Ohio]], {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Torre del Greco]]</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ostroh-rada.gov.ua/frends_city.html|title=Міста побратими|access-date=2024-12-18|work=Official website of the Ostroh City Council|language=uk}}</ref>
| website            = https://ostroh-rada.gov.ua/
| subdivision_type3  = [[Hromada]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Ostroh urban hromada]]
}}
'''Ostroh''' ({{langx|uk|Острог}} {{IPA|uk|oˈstrɔɦ|}}, {{langx|pl|Ostróg}}) is a city in [[Rivne Oblast]], western [[Ukraine]]. It is situated on the [[Horyn|Horyn River]]. Ostroh was the [[administrative center]] of [[Ostroh Raion]] until 2020, but as a [[city of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]] did not belong to the raion. Currently the city is the centre of Ostroh urban hromada. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|14,894|punct=.}}

The [[Ostroh Academy]] was established here in 1576, the first higher educational institution in modern Ukraine. Furthermore, in the 16th century, the first East Slavic books, notably the [[Ostrog Bible]], were printed there.