Rakhiv

Rakhiv (Ukrainian: Рáхів) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population: 15,243 (2013 est.).

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city: Rusyn: Рахово; Hungarian: Rahó; Romanian: Rahău; Russian: Ра́хов, translit. Rakhov; Yiddish: ראחוב , Rakhev, Rakhyv‎, Slovak: Rachov, German: Rachiw.

Demographics

As of 2001, the city population was 15,241 inhabitants which included:

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 (pictured) located at 48°45′N 18°55′E / 48.750°N 18.917°E / 48.750; 18.917, the point calculated in 1887 by the Austro-Hungarian geographers, carries a Latin iscription: "Locus Perennis Dilicentissime cum libella librationis quae est in Austria et Hungaria confectacum mensura gradum meridionalium et paralleloumierum Europeum. MD CCC LXXXVII."