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Beregszász

Berehovo
Beregovo

Берегове (Ukrainian)
Beregszász (Hungarian)
City of regional significance
Flag of Berehovo Beregovo
Flag
Coat of arms of Berehovo Beregovo
Coat of arms
Berehove is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Berehove
Berehove
Location of Berehovo
Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 22°38′50″E / 48.20556°N 22.64722°E / 48.20556; 22.64722Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 22°38′50″E / 48.20556°N 22.64722°E / 48.20556; 22.64722
Country  Ukraine
Incorporated 1945
Government
 • Mayor Zoltán Babiák
Area
 • Total 19 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation 115 m (377 ft)
Population (2016)
 • Total 24,038
 • Density 1,371.05/km2 (3,551.0/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 90200
Area code(s) +380-3141
Climate Cfb
Website http://www.bereg.net.ua/

Berehovo or Beregovo (Ukrainian: Берегове; Russian: Берегово; Hungarian: Beregszász; Yiddish: בערעגסאזBeregsaz) 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.

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.

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.


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