Kovel
Kovel Raion is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kovel. Population: 265,304. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Volyn Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Kovel Raion was significantly expanded.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: raion of Ukraine with 266,000 residents
- Description: raion in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine (established in 2020)
- Also known as: “Kovel Raion” and “Ковельська Міськрада”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kovel railway station and Kovel Museum of Local Lore.
Kovel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, Public domain.
Kovel is a railway hub of the Rivne directory of Lviv Railways. Along with Zabolottia railway station also serves as a rail border checkpoint at Belarus-Ukraine border. Kovel Station also has rail yard and locomotive depot.
Resurrection Cathedral, Kovel
Church
Photo: Loraine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Resurrection Cathedral, Kovel is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kovel and Volia-Kovelska.
Kovel
Town
Photo: Nataliya Shestakova, CC BY 4.0.
Kovel is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast. Population: 67,575. Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runic inscriptions which were lost during World War II.
Verbka
Village
Photo: Loraine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verbka is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Kovel.
Kovel
- Location: Volyn Oblast, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.212° or 51° 12′ 43″ northLongitude
24.7016° or 24° 42′ 6″ eastPopulation
266,000Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)Open location code
9G366P62+QMGeoNames ID
9287853Wikidata ID
Q103819955
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Kovel” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Ковельскі раён”
- Chinese: “科韋利區”
- Chinese: “科韦利区”
- Czech: “Kovelský rajón”
- Danish: “Kovel rajon”
- Erzya: “Ковэлень буе”
- Finnish: “Kovelin piiri”
- French: “raïon de Kovel”
- French: “Raïon de Kovel”
- German: “Rajon Kowel”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kovel‘”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kovel’”
- Ossetian: “Ковелы район”
- Polish: “rejon kowelski”
- Polish: “Rejon kowelski”
- Romanian: “Raionul Kovel, Volîn”
- Russian: “Ковельский район”
- Spanish: “Raión de Kovel”
- Spanish: “Raión de Kóvel”
- Ukrainian: “Kovel’s’ka Mis’krada”
- Ukrainian: “Ковельський район”
- Uzbek: “Kovel tumani”
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Localities in the Area
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