Kovel

Kovel. Vokzalnaya Street, ca. 1918. [Boris Feldblyum Collection]

Coat of Arms, circa 1993

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 [51°13′N 24°43′E].

The current estimated population is around 62,900 (as of 2004).

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.

External links

[Official web site] (in Ukrainian)
[Soviet topographic map 1:100 000]

	Subdivisions of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

	Raions:	Horokhivsky Raion \| Ivanychivsky Raion \| Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion \| Kivertsivsky Raion \| Kovel City \| Kovelsky Raion \| Lyubeshivsky Raion \| Lyubomlsky Raion \| Lokachynsky Raion \| Lutsk City \| Lutsky Raion \| Manevytsky Raion \| Novovolynsk City \| Ratnivsky Raion \| Rozhyshchensky Raion \| Shatsky Raion \| Starovyzhivsky Raion \| Turiysky Raion \| Volodymyr-Volynskyi City \| Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion
	Cities:	Berestechko \| Horokhiv \| Kamin-Kashyrskyi \| Kivertsi \| Kovel \| Lutsk \| Lyuboml \| Manevychi \| Novovolynsk \| Rozhyshche \| Shatsk \| Volodymyr-Volynskyi
	Towns:	Ivanychi \| Lokachi \| Lyubeshiv \| Ratne \| Stara Vyzhivka \| Turiysk

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