Kovel
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Kovel (Ukrainian: Ковель, translit. Kovel’, Polish: Kowel) is a city located in the Volyn Oblast (province), in north-western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kovelsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located around .
Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest Runic inscriptions (now lost). Unearthed near the town in 1858, the Kovel spearhead contained a text in Gothic language (illustration).
Kovel is the north-western hub of the Ukrainian rail system, with six rail lines radiating out from the city. The first of these was built in 1873, connecting the city with Brest-Litovsk and Rivne. In 1877 Kovel was linked by rail with Lublin and Warsaw in Poland. The current estimated population is around 62,900 (as of 2004).
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| Administrative divisions of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine | ||
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| Administrative center: Lutsk | ||
| Raions | Horokhivskyi · Ivanychivskyi · Kamin-Kashyrskyi · Kivertsivskyi · Kovelskyi · Lyubeshivskyi · Lyubomlskyi · Lokachynskyi · Lutskyi · Manevytskyi · Ratnivskyi · Rozhyshchenskyi · Shatskyi · Starovyzhivskyi · Turiyskyi · Volodymyr-Volynskyi | Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Image:Coat of Arms of Volhynian Oblast.png |
| Cities | Berestechko · Horokhiv · Kamin-Kashyrskyi · Kivertsi · Kovel · Lutsk · Liuboml · Novovolynsk · Rozhysche · Ustyluh · Volodymyr-Volynskyi | |
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