Rakhiv

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| official_name = Rakhiv

| native_name = {{lang|uk|Рахів}}

| native_name_lang = uk

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| settlement_type = City

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| image_shield = Rahiv gerb.png

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Oblast

| subdivision_name1 = Zakarpattia Oblast

| subdivision_type2 = Raion

| subdivision_name2 = Rakhiv Raion

| subdivision_type3 = Hromada

| subdivision_name3 = Rakhiv urban hromada

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1477

| established_title1 = Incorporated

| established_date1 = 1958

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Viktor Medvid

| area_total_km2 = 5.68

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| elevation_m = 430

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 15536

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 90600

| area_code = +380-3132

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Rakhiv ({{langx|uk|Рахів}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈrɑxiu̯|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Рахів.wav}}; {{Langx|hu|Rahó}}; {{langx|ro|Rahău}}) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|15,536|.}}

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: {{langx|rue|Рахово}}; {{langx|hu|Rahó}}; {{langx|ro|Rahău}}; {{langx|ru|Рахов|Rakhov}}; {{langx|be|Рахаў|Rachaŭ}}; {{langx|yi|ראחוב|Rakhev}} or Rakhyv; {{langx|sk|Rachov}}; {{langx|de|Rachiw}}; {{langx|pl|Rachów}}.

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.{{cite web | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України }} As of 2017, the city population was {{Ua-pop-est2017|15,489}} inhabitants.Statistical Collection "Population of Ukraine" as of January 1, 2017 ([http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2017/zb/06/zb_chnn_0117pdf.zip PDF(zip)]) {{in lang|uk}}

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-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."Center of Europe next to Rakhiv([https://green-ukraine.com/geographical-center-europe-carpathians/]) {{in lang|en}}

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, {{ISBN|978-80-87173-47-3}}, pp.17 - 25, 33 - 45, 70 – 96, 100- 140, 159 – 184, 187 - 199

The Headquarters of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve[http://cbr.nature.org.ua/main.htm Carpathian Biosphere Reserve] 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.

{{Weather box|width=auto

| location = Rakhiv

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

| Jan mean C = -4.2

| Feb mean C = -2.1

| Mar mean C = 2.6

| Apr mean C = 8.4

| May mean C = 13.4

| Jun mean C = 16.4

| Jul mean C = 17.9

| Aug mean C = 17.4

| Sep mean C = 13.7

| Oct mean C = 8.6

| Nov mean C = 3.0

| Dec mean C = -1.6

| year mean C = 7.8

| Jan precipitation mm = 44

| Feb precipitation mm = 40

| Mar precipitation mm = 40

| Apr precipitation mm = 57

| May precipitation mm = 83

| Jun precipitation mm = 105

| Jul precipitation mm = 94

| Aug precipitation mm = 79

| Sep precipitation mm = 51

| Oct precipitation mm = 43

| Nov precipitation mm = 49

| Dec precipitation mm = 56

| year precipitation mm =

| source 1 = Climate-Data.org

{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/31600/

|title = Climate: Rakhiv

|access-date = 1 May 2014

|publisher = Climate-Data.org}}

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Twin town

{{flagicon|POL}} Bielsk Podlaski, Poland
{{flagicon|HUN}} Szeged, Hungary

Notable people

Mickola Vorokhta, the Ukrainian artist was born here.
Bonkáló Sándor/Alexander Bonkáló, Rusyn-Hungarian linguist and slavicist was born here
István Altorjay, the first full professor of pediatric surgery of Hungary was born here

Gallery

File:Rakhiv a2.jpg|Church of Saint John Nepomucene

File:Ua Rakhiv Myra-Straße am Hotel Europa.jpg|Hotel Europa

File:Гуцульська бринза.JPG|Hutsul festival in Rakhiv

References

External links

{{Commonscat-inline|Rakhiv}}
[http://www.rakhiv.com/ City of Rakhiv Informational portal]
[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkPath=pages\R\A\Rakhiv.htm Rakhiv] in the [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com Encyclopedia of Ukraine]

Category:1477 establishments in Europe

Category:15th-century establishments in Ukraine

Category:Cities in Zakarpattia Oblast

Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine

Category:Rakhiv urban hromada