Kovel

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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.

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

Administrative center: Lutsk

Raions	Horokhivskyi · Ivanychivskyi · Kamin-Kashyrskyi · Kivertsivskyi · Kovelskyi · Lyubeshivskyi · Lyubomlskyi · Lokachynskyi · Lutskyi · Manevytskyi · Ratnivskyi · Rozhyshchenskyi · Shatskyi · Starovyzhivskyi · Turiyskyi · Volodymyr-Volynskyi

Cities	Berestechko · Horokhiv · Kamin-Kashyrskyi · Kivertsi · Kovel · Lutsk · Liuboml · Novovolynsk · Rozhysche · Ustyluh · Volodymyr-Volynskyi

Urban-type settlements	Ivanychi · Lokachi · Lyubeshiv · Manevychi · Marianivka · Ratne · Shatsk · Stara Vyzhivka · Turiysk · more...

Villages	Berezdiv · more...