Chop, Ukraine
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 Chop
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| Coordinates: 48°25′50″N 22°12′00″E / 48.43056°N 22.2°E | |||
| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Oblast |  Zakarpattia Oblast |
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| Raion | Chop Municipality | ||
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| • Mayor | Galina Car | ||
| Elevation | 101-108 m (−253 ft) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 8,765 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 89502 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 22 | ||
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| Sister cities | Milove (Ukraine) Sokołów Małopolski, (Poland) Záhony (Hungaria) |
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| Website | http://chop.org.ua/ | ||
Chop (Ukrainian: Чоп, Hungarian: Csap, Slovak: Čop) is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, near the borders of Slovakia and Hungary. It is separated from the Hungarian town of Záhony by the river Tisza, and the city itself is designated as a separate raion (district) within the oblast.
[edit] Demography
According to the Ukrainian national census, Chop had a population in 2001 of 8,919, of whom 40% were Ukrainians, 39.2% ethnic Hungarians and 20.8% Gypsies, Russians, Slovaks, Belarusians, and Jews.
[edit] Features
Chop is an important railway junction in Ukraine where the Lviv-Stryi-Budapest railway line meets the Lviv-Uzhgorod-Košice line. There is also a line running eastwards to Romania via Korolevo and Halmeu although there are currently no regular passenger services.
Near Chop, there are also international railway and highway border crossings to Hungary and Slovakia and also to the westernmost point of Ukraine. The first town across the border in Slovakia is Čierna nad Tisou while in Hungary, the first city is Záhony.
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