Chop Чоп Csap (Hungarian) Čop (Slovak) |
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City of regional significance | |||
Railway station in Chop
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Location of Chop | |||
Coordinates: 48°25′50″N 22°12′00″E / 48.43056°N 22.20000°E | |||
Country | Ukraine | ||
Oblast | Zakarpattia Oblast | ||
Council | Chop city council | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Galina Car | ||
Elevation | 101-108 m (−253 ft) | ||
Population (2016) | |||
• Total | 8,937 | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postal code | 89500 — 89509 | ||
Area code(s) | +380 22 | ||
Climate | Cfb | ||
Sister cities | Milove (Ukraine) Sokołów Małopolski, (Poland) Záhony (Hungaria) |
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Website | http://chop.org.ua/ |
Chop (Ukrainian: Чоп, Hungarian: Csap, Slovak: Čop) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, near the borders of Slovakia and Hungary. It is separated from the Hungarian town of Záhony by the river Tisza by being situated on its right bank. Located inside Uzhhorod Raion, since 2003 it is designated as a city of oblast significance - not included in any raion (district) of the oblast. Population: 8,937 (2016 est.).
There are several alternative names used for this city: Hungarian: Csap, Slovak: Čop, German: Tschop, Romanian: Ciop, Polish: Czop, Russian: Чоп.
Like the rest of Transcarpathia, Csap (as it was then known) was part of Hungary until 1920, when, as a result of the post-World War I Treaty of Trianon, it was included in the newly created Czechoslovakia, where it belonged to Slovakia, not to Subcarpathian Rus. During World War II, under the First Vienna Award, it briefly became Hungarian again. But, after the war, as part of the Czechoslovakia–Soviet Union relations, it became part of the expanded Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Ukraine), adopting the Ukrainian version of its name, 'Чоп' (usually transliterated as 'Chop' or 'Tchop' in English).