| Berehove Берегове |
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| Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 22°38′50″E / 48.20556°N 22.64722°E | |||
| Country Oblast Raion |
 Ukraine Zakarpattia OblastBerehivskyi Raion |
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| Incorporated | 1247 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | István Gajdos | ||
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| - Total | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 26,100 | ||
| - Density | 1,371.05/km2 (3,551/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 90200 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380-3141 | ||
| Website | http://www.bereg.net.ua/bereg/ukr/index.html | ||
Berehove (Ukrainian: Берегове; Hungarian: Beregszász; Romanian: Bereg, Rusyn: Берегово (translit. Berehovo), Russian: Берегово (translit. Beregovo), Czech and Slovak: Berehovo, Yiddish: בערעגסאז, Beregsaz, 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 Berehivskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It was capital of Kingdom of Hungary's Bereg County till 1919 and between 1938-1944.
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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
Notable citizens
- Rabbi Hugo Gryn (1930–1996) was born here on June 25, 1930 and became well-known as a broadcaster in Britain.
- The parents of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman lived there before emigrating to the United States.
- Julius Rebek (born April 11, 1944), American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly was born here.
- Csaba Czébely (born December 3, 1975), the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép.
- Géza Kalocsay (born May 30, 1913, died September 26, 2008), former Hungarian and Czechoslovak footballer, football manager e.g. Standard Liege, Górnik Zabrze
- Aranka Siegal (born June 10, 1930) is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982.
- Bartholomew Kubat MD, born March 8, 1917, died August 23, 2003), born Berl Klein, was a noted Czechoslovak surgeon, Holocaust survivor and refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia.
See also
External links
- City of Berehove official website (Ukrainian)
- Berehove in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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Coordinates: 48°12′N 22°38′E / 48.2°N 22.633°E
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