Rakhiv
Rakhiv
Рахів | |
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City of district significance | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Rakhiv Location of Rakhiv Rakhiv Rakhiv (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°03′00″N 24°12′00″E / 48.05000°N 24.20000°E | |
| Country | |
| Oblast | |
| Raion | |
| Founded | 1477 |
| Incorporated | 1958 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Viktor Medvid |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.68 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 15,536 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 90600 |
| Area code | +380-3132 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Rakhiv (Template:Lang-uk, pronounced [ˈrɑxiu̯]; see also other names) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population: 15,536 (2022 estimate)[1].
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: Template:Lang-rue; Template:Lang-hu; Template:Lang-ro; Template:Lang-ru; Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-yi or Rakhyv; Template:Lang-sk; Template:Lang-de; Template:Lang-pl.
Demographics
As of 2017, the city population was 15,489 (2017 est.)[2] inhabitants.[3]
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-Hungarian 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."
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. [4]
The Headquarters of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve[5] 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 (Köppen: Dfb) of the humid continental climate.
| Climate data for Rakhiv | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44 (1.7) |
40 (1.6) |
40 (1.6) |
57 (2.2) |
83 (3.3) |
105 (4.1) |
94 (3.7) |
79 (3.1) |
51 (2.0) |
43 (1.7) |
49 (1.9) |
56 (2.2) |
741 (29.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
Twin town
People from Rakhiv
- Mickola Vorokhta, the Ukrainian artist was born here.
Gallery
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Church of Saint John Nepomucene
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Hotel Europa in Rakhiv
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Hutsul festival in Rakhiv
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ Statistical Collection "Population of Ukraine" as of January 1, 2017 (PDF(zip)) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ 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, ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3, pp.17 - 25, 33 - 45, 70 – 96, 100- 140, 159 – 184, 187 - 199
- ^ Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
- ^ "Climate: Rakhiv". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
External links
Media related to Rakhiv at Wikimedia Commons
- City of Rakhiv Informational portal
- Rakhiv in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine