Kolomyia or Kolomyya, formerly known as Kolomea (Ukrainian:Коломия, Polish:Kołomyja, Russian:Коломыя, German:Kolomea, Romanian:Colomeea, Yiddish:קאלאמיי‎), is a city located on the Prut River in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. It is administratively incorporated as a town of oblast significance and serves as the administrative centre of the surrounding Kolomyia Raion (district), which it is administratively not a part of.. The city rests approximately halfway between Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi, in the center of the historical region of Pokuttya, with which it shares much of its history. Population: 61,236(2015 est.).