Berehove
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Berehove (Ukrainian: Берегове; Rusyn: Берегово, translit. Berehowo; Hungarian: Beregszász; Romanian: Bereg; Russian: Берегово, translit. Beregowo, Czech and Slovak:Berehovo, German: Bergsaß) is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary. Serving as the administrative center of the Berehivsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
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[edit] Demographics
The current estimated population is around 26,100 (as of 2004).
In 2001, ethnic groups included: [1]
- 48.1% Hungarians
- 38.9% Ukrainians
- 6.4% Gypsies
- 5.4% Russians
[edit] Notable citizens
The parents of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman lived there before emigrating to the United States.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Berehove in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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Administrative divisions of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Berehivskyi | Irshavskyi | Khustskyi | Mizhhirskyi | Mukachivskyi | Perechynskyi | Rakhivskyi | Svaliavskyi | Tiachivskyi | Uzhhorodskyi | Velykobereznianskyi | Volovetskyi | Vynohradivskyi |
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Cities: Berehove | Chop | Irshava | Khust | Mukacheve | Perechyn | Rakhiv | Svaliava | Tiachiv | Uzhhorod | Vynohradiv |
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Urban-type settlements: Mizhhiria | Velykyy Bereznyi | Velykyy Bychkiv | Volovets | more... |
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Villages: more... |
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