Rakhiv (, ; ; ) is a

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located in

Zakarpattia Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...

(

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) in western

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. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (

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). Population: Rakhiv's date of the foundation is often taken to be 1447, although a written mentions of this settlement are attested since AD 910.

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city: ; ; ; ; ; or ''Rakhyv''; ; ; .

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the majority of Rahau's population spoke Ukrainian (92.08%), with Hungarian (4.8%) and Russian (2.28%) speakers in the minority. As of 2017, the city population was inhabitants.Statistical Collection "Population of Ukraine" as of January 1, 2017
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Geography

Features

Rakhiv, or more precisely, the village

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located close to it, is one of several European locations vying for the symbolic right to be

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. The sign in Dilove, the point calculated in 1887 by the

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geographers, carries a Latin inscription: ''"Locus Perennis Dilicentissime cum libella librationis quae est in Austria et Hungaria confectacum mensura gradum meridionalium et paralleloumierum Europeum. MD CCC LXXXVII."Center of Europe next to Rakhi

'' There was Thomas Garrigue Masaryk in his stay to study a situation on the Romanian front during World War I in Hotel "Ukraina" on the winter 1917 - 1918, which remind the memorial desk there. The Headquarters of

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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
/ref> are located in Rakhiv. With an elevation of 430 meters above sea level, Rakhiv is Ukraine's highest city.

Climate

The climate in Rakhiv is a mild/cool summer subtype (

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: ''Dfb'') of the

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Twin town

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Notable people

* Mickola Vorokhta, the Ukrainian artist was born here. * Bonkáló Sándor/Alexander Bonkáló, Rusyn-Hungarian linguist and slavicist was born here * István Altorjay, the first full professor of pediatric surgery of Hungary was born here

Gallery

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festival in Rakhiv

References

External links

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City of Rakhiv Informational portal
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Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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