Rakhiv (, ; ; ) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (Oblast) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (Raion). 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 ( PDF(zip)) ]
Geography
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, the point calculated in 1887 by the
Austro-Hungary 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 Rakhiv([2]) ]
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.[PRECLÍK, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (Masaryk and legions), váz. kniha, 219 str., vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karviná, CZ) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk Democratic Movement, Prague), 2019, , pp.17 - 25, 33 - 45, 70 – 96, 100- 140, 159 – 184, 187 - 199
]
The Headquarters of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve[ Carpathian Biosphere Reserve] are located in Rakhiv.
With an elevation of 430 meters above sea level, Rakhiv is Ukraine highest city.
Climate
The climate in Rakhiv is a mild/cool summer subtype (Köppen:
Dfb) of the humid continental climate.
Twin town
Notable people
==Gallery==
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