Rakhiv

Rakhiv

Infobox Settlement

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Rakhiv ( _uk. Рахів; _ry. Рахово, translit. "Rakhovo"; _hu. Rahó; _ro. Rahău; _ru. Рахов, translit. "Rakhov"; _yi. ראחוב , "Rakhev", "Rakhyv") is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rakhivskyi Raion (district).

Demographics

As of 2001, the city population was 15,241 inhabitants which included: [http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/]
* 83.8% Ukrainians
* 11.6% Hungarians
* 3.2% Romanians
* 0.8% Russians

Features

Rakhiv, or more precisely, the village Dilove located close to it, is one of several European locations vying for the symbolic right to be Geographical centre of Europe. The sign in Dilove (pictured) located at coord|48|45|N|18|55|E|, the point calculated in 1887 by the Austro-Hungarian geographers, carries a latin iscription: "Locus Perennis Dilicentissime cum libella librationis quae est in Austria et Hungaria confectacum mensura gradum meridionalium et paralleloumierum Europeum. MD CCC LXXXVII."

The Headquarters of [http://cbr.nature.org.ua/main.htm | Carpathian Biosphere Reserve] are located in Rakhiv.

ee also

*Carpathian Ruthenia

External links

* [http://karpaty.prygl.net/rachiv.php Rakhiv - photographs]
* [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkPath=pagesRARakhiv.htm Rakhiv] in the [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com Encyclopedia of Ukraine]
* [http://www.rakhiv.com/ Rakhiv.com]
* [http://www.openit.com.ua/reportage.php?id=9&lang=en Series of articles about the center of Europe at Dilove] en


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