Kovel
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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 .
Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest Runic inscriptions (now lost). Unearthed near the town in 1858, the Kovel spearhead contained a text in Gothic language (illustration).
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. The current estimated population is around 62,900 (as of 2004).
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Administrative divisions of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Horokhivskyi | Ivanychivskyi | Kamin-Kashyrskyi | Kivertsivskyi | Kovelskyi | Lyubeshivskyi | Lyubomlskyi | Lokachynskyi | Lutskyi | Manevytskyi | Ratnivskyi | Rozhyshchenskyi | Shatskyi | Starovyzhivskyi | Turiyskyi | Volodymyr-Volynskyi |
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Cities: Berestechko | Horokhiv | Kamin-Kashyrskyi | Kivertsi | Kovel | Lutsk | Liuboml | Novovolynsk | Rozhysche | Ustyluh | Volodymyr-Volynskyi |
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Urban-type settlements: Ivanychi | Lokachi | Lyubeshiv | Manevychi | Ratne | Shatsk | Stara Vyzhivka | Turiysk | more... |
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