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Berehove

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Country
  
Ukraine

Elevation
  
115 m (377 ft)

Postal code
  
90200

Area
  
19 km²

Local time
  
Friday 4:16 PM

Incorporated
  
1945

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code(s)
  
+380-3141

Population
  
24,038 (2016)

Team
  
SC Beregvidek Berehove


Weather
  
13°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 39% Humidity

Berehovo or Beregovo (Ukrainian: Берегове; Russian: Берегово; Hungarian: Beregszász; Yiddish: בערעגסאז‎ Beregsaz) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary. Population: 24,038 (2016 est.). It's the cultural centre of the Hungarian ethnicity living in Ukraine.

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Map of Berehove, Zakarpatska, Ukraine

Serving as the administrative center of Berehove Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a city of oblast significance, with a status equal to a separate raion. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary's Bereg County until 1919 and between 1938–1944. From 1919 until 1938 it was part of Czechoslovakia.

Name

The city has many different variations of spelling its name: Romanian: Bereg, Rusyn: Берегово (translit. Berehovo), Russian: Берегово (translit. Beregovo), Czech and Slovak: Berehovo, Yiddish: בערעגסאז, Beregsaz‎, German: Bergsaß, Polish: Bereg Saski.

Residents of Berehovo voted on October 31, 2010 in a referendum on renaming the town to Beregszász, its Hungarian-language name. Voter turnout was less than 52%, with 4,688 voting for renaming, 4,358 against, and 1,016 invalid ballots.

Administrative division

Part of the city is also a near adjacent village of Zatyshne of 504 people that has its representation in the city's council.

Hungarian has been made a regional language in Berehovo in September 2012; meaning it will now be used in the town's administrative office work and documents. This was made possible after new legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed in the summer of 2012.

Climate

Berehove has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).

Demographics

In 1910, out of 12,933 inhabitants 12,432 were Hungarians (96.1%), 221 Ukrainians (Ruthenians) and 140 Germans.

The current estimated population is around 26,100 (as of 2005).

In 2001, ethnic groups included:

  • 48.1% Hungarians 12.8 thousands
  • 38.9% Ukrainians 10.3 thousands
  • 6.4% Romani people 1.7 thousands
  • 5.4% Russians 1.5 thousands

    • Prior to World War II, the city had a significant Jewish population, estimated at 8,000 persons. Only four returned, following the war.

    Notable citizens

  • Rabbi Hugo Gryn (1930–1996) was born here on June 25, 1930 and became well known as a broadcaster in Britain.
  • The parents of Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman lived there before emigrating to the United States.
  • Julius Rebek (born April 11, 1944), American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly was born here.
  • Csaba Czébely (born December 3, 1975), the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép.
  • Géza Kalocsay (born May 30, 1913, died September 26, 2008), former Hungarian and Czechoslovak footballer, football manager e.g. Standard Liège, FK Partizan, Górnik Zabrze.
  • Aranka Siegal (born June 10, 1930) is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982.
  • Andrea Bocskor (born August 11, 1978), politician who in the 2014 European Parliament election in Hungary was elected into the European Parliament. Hence, Bocskor became the first elected Ukrainian citizen in the European Parliament.

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Berehove is twinned with:

    References

    Berehove Wikipedia
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