Kovel Raion

Kovel Raion is a raion in in western . Its administrative center is . 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.
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  • Type: raion of Ukraine with 266,000 residents
  • Description: raion in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine (established in 2020)
  • Also known as: “Kovel” and “Ковельська Міськрада”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kovel - Pasazhyrskyi and Kovel Museum of Local Lore.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
Kovel is a railway hub of the Rivne directory of Lviv Railways. The Chełm–Kovel railway links to in , and represents the longest standard-gauge railway connecting Ukraine to the rest of Europe.

Museum
Photo: Nkrmant, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Loraine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kovel and Volia-Kovelska.

Town
Photo: Nataliya Shestakova, CC BY 4.0.
is a city in , northwestern . It serves as the administrative center of Raion within the oblast. Population: 67,575. The Chełm–Kovel railway links the city to in , and represents the longest standard-gauge railway connecting Ukraine to the rest of Europe.

Village
Photo: Sparrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Loraine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Kovel Raion.

Kovel Raion

Latitude
51.212° or 51° 12′ 43″ north
Longitude
24.7016° or 24° 42′ 6″ east
Population
266,000
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Open location code
9G366P62+QM
Geo­Names ID
9287853
Wiki­data ID
Q103819955
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Kovel Raion” 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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