Chop, Ukraine
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Chop (Ukrainian: Чоп, Hungarian: Csap) is a city located in the 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, and the city itself is designated as a separate raion (district) within the oblast.
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[edit] Demographics
By the census of 2001, Chop had a population of 8,919, of which approximately half were Ukrainians, and the other half were ethnic Hungarians.
[edit] Features
Chop is an important railway junction in Ukraine where the Lviv-Stryi-Budapest railway line meets the Lviv-Uzhgorod-Košice line. Near Chop, there are also international railway and highway border crossings to Hungary and Slovakia and also to the westernmost point of Ukraine.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Chop in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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Administrative divisions of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Berehivskyi | Irshavskyi | Khustskyi | Mizhhirskyi | Mukachivskyi | Perechynskyi | Rakhivskyi | Svaliavskyi | Tiachivskyi | Uzhhorodskyi | Velykobereznianskyi | Volovetskyi | Vynohradivskyi |
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Cities: Berehove | Chop | Irshava | Khust | Mukacheve | Perechyn | Rakhiv | Svaliava | Tiachiv | Uzhhorod | Vynohradiv |
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Urban-type settlements: Mizhhiria | Velykyy Bereznyi | Velykyy Bychkiv | Volovets | more... |
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Villages: more... |
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