Rakhiv

Rakhiv Рахів
Coat of arms
Map of Zakarpattia Oblast with Rakhiv.
Rakhiv Location of Rakhiv
Coordinates: 48°03′00″N 24°12′00″E
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Zakarpattia Oblast Rakhiv Raion
Founded	1477
Incorporated	1958
Government
• Mayor	Dumyn Yaroslav
Area
• Total	5.68 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	15,241
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	90600
Area code(s)	+380-3132

Rakhiv (Ukrainian: Рáхів; Rusyn: Рахово; Hungarian: Rahó; Romanian: Rahău; Russian: Ра́хов, translit. Rakhov; Yiddish: ראחוב , Rakhev, Rakhyv) is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rakhiv Raion (district).

Demographics

As of 2001, the city population was 15,241 inhabitants which included: [1]

• 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 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 Carpathian Biosphere Reserve are located in Rakhiv.

With an elevation of 430 meters above sea level, Rakhiv is Ukraine's highest city.

Twin town

• Szeged, Hungary

People from Rakhiv

• Mickola Vorokhta, the Ukrainian artist was born here.

External links

• Media related to Rakhiv at Wikimedia Commons
• Rakhiv Business Catalog - You'll find the latest information about hotels, cottages, recreation in Carpathians
• Rakhiv Travel Site
• City of Rakhiv Informational portal
• Rakhiv in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine