Kovel
Ковель | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kovel .svg) Kovel | |
| Coordinates: 51°13′0″N 24°43′0″E / 51.21667°N 24.71667°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Volyn Oblast |
| Raion | Kovel Raion |
| Hromada | Kovel urban hromada |
| Founded | 13th century |
| Magdeburg law | 1518 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ihor Chayka[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.3 km2 (18.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 67,575 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 45000 |
| Area code | +380 3352 |
| Website | kovel |
Kovel (Ukrainian: Ковель, IPA: [ˈkɔʋelʲ] ; Polish: Kowel; Yiddish: קאוולע / קאוולי) is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast. Population: 67,575 (2022 estimate).[2]
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.[3]
- ^ "Municipal official site in Ukrainian". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ a b 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.
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