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Rakhiv (Ukrainian: Рахів, IPA: [ˈrɑxiu̯] ⓘ; Hungarian: Rahó; Romanian: Rahău) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Part of the historical region of Hutsulshchyna, it is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population: 15,536 (2022 estimate).
There are several alternative names used for this city: Rusyn: Рахово; Hungarian: Rahó; Romanian: Rahău; Russian: Рахов, romanized: Rakhov; Belarusian: Рахаў, romanized: Rachaŭ; Yiddish: ראחוב, romanized: Rakhev or Rakhyv; Slovak: Rachov; German: Rachiw; Polish: Rachów.
First mentioned in the 15th century, Rakhiv's date of the foundation is often taken to be 1447, although a written mentions of this settlement are attested since AD 910.
Rakhiv has traditionally been specialized on paper industry and production of furniture. It is also a notable centre of tourism.
According to the 2001 census, Rakhiv had a population of 14,969 inhabitants. The overwhelming majority of Rakhiv's population were Ukrainians, followed by Hungarians, Russians, Gypsies and Germans. In terms of spoken languages, Ukrainian was the most common language (92.08%), followed by speakers of the respective Hungarian (4.8%) and Russian (2.28%) languages. As of 2017, the city population was 15,489 (2017 est.) inhabitants.
Located where the White Tisza and Black Tisza join to form the Tysa river, Rakhiv, or more precisely, the nearby village of Dilove, 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.
The Headquarters of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve are located in Rakhiv.
With an elevation of 430 meters above sea level, Rakhiv is Ukraine's highest city.
The climate in Rakhiv is a mild/cool summer subtype (Köppen: Dfb) of the humid continental climate.
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