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Kovel
Sign in to saveKovel (, ; ; ) is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast. Population:
Kovel is a city located in northwestern Ukraine that serves as the administrative center for its surrounding region. It is an important local government hub for the Volyn Oblast area.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kovel
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Kovel.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Kovel.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 80px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Volyn Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kovel Raion
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ihor Chayka
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 13th century
- Settlement.established_title2
- Magdeburg law
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1518
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 47.3
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Ковель
- Country
- Ukraine
- Official language
- Ukrainian
- Population
- 67575
- Area
- 50
- Elevation
- 172
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.kovelrada.gov.ua
- Image
- Стара аптека та будинок, де розміщувався ревком.jpg
- Dialing code
- 3352
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- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- twinned administrative body
- Shchuchyn
- Commons category
- Kovel
- topic's main category
- Category:Kovel
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kovel
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kovel
- postal code
- 45000–45014
- native label
- Ковель
- time of earliest written record
- 1310-00-00
- inception
- 1310-00-00
- P6482
- Kovel
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Transportation
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Kovel (, ; ; ) is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast. Population:
Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runic inscriptions which were lost during World War II. The Kovel spearhead, unearthed near the town in 1858, contained text in Gothic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kovel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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