- Rakhiv
Infobox Settlement
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timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2official_name = Rakhiv
native_name = Рахів
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subdivision_type = Country
Oblast
Raion
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established_title = Founded
established_date =1477
established_title1 = Incorporated
established_date1 =1958
leader_title =Mayor
leader_name = Dumyn Yaroslav
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population_as_of =2001
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population_total = 15241|population_footnotes=
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latd=48 |latm=03 |lats=00 |latNS=N
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elevation_m = 430
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postal_code = 90600
area_code = +380-XXX
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footnotes =Rakhiv ( _uk. Рахів; _ry. Рахово, translit. "Rakhovo"; _hu. Rahó; _ro. Rahău; _ru. Рахов, translit. "Rakhov"; _yi. ראחוב , "Rakhev", "Rakhyv") is a
city located in theZakarpattia Oblast (province) in westernUkraine . It is the administrative center of theRakhivskyi 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% RussiansFeatures
Rakhiv, or more precisely, the village
Dilove located close to it, is one of several European locations vying for the symbolic right to beGeographical 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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