Berehove (Берегове) Beregszász
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Map of Zakarpattia Oblast with Beregszasz (Berehove).
Berehove (Берегове) Location of Berehove
Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 22°38′50″E / 48.20556°N 22.64722°E / 48.20556; 22.64722
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Berehove Raion
Municipality	Berehove municipality
Incorporated	1247
Government
- Mayor	István Gajdos
Area
- Total	19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Elevation	115 m (377 ft)
Population (2010)
- Total	24,274
- 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/

Berehove (Ukrainian: Берегове; Hungarian: Beregszász) is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary.

Serving as the administrative center of the Berehove Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary's Bereg County up until 1919 and between 1938-1944.

Name

The city has many different variations of spelling its name: Romanian: Bereg, Rusyn: Берегово (translit. Berehovo), Russian: Берегово (translit. Beregovo), Czech and Slovak: Berehovo, Yiddish: בערעגסאז, Beregsaz, German: Bergsaß, Polish: Bereh Saski.

Residents of Berehovo have voted on October 31, 2010 for renaming their city to Beregszász, the Hungarian language name of the city, during local referendum. The voting turnout however only consisted of less than 48% with 4,688 voting for renaming and 4,358 against it, while 332 more voting bulletins were recognized as not legible.

Administrative division

Part of the city is also a near adjacent village of Zatyshne of 504 people that has its representation in the city's council.

Demographics

The current estimated population is around 26,100 (as of 2004).

In 2001, ethnic groups included: [1]

• 48.1% Hungarians 12.8 thousands
• 38.9% Ukrainians 10.3 thousands
• 6.4% Romani people 1.7 thousands
• 5.4% Russians 1.5 thousands

Variation of the city's shield

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 Liège, 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 (March 8, 1917 - August 23, 2003), born Berl Klein, was a noted Czechoslovak surgeon, Holocaust survivor and refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Berehove is twinned with:

Administrative divisions of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine Administrative center:  Uzhhorod Raions Berehove · Irshava · Khust · Mizhhiria · Mukachevo · Perechyn · Rakhiv · Svaliava · Tiachiv · Uzhhorod · Velykyy Bereznyi · Volovets · Vynohradiv Cities Berehove · Chop · Irshava · Khust · Mukachevo · Perechyn · Rakhiv · Svaliava · Tiachiv · Uzhhorod · Vynohradiv Urban-type settlements Chynadiyovo · Korolevo · Mizhhiria · Velykyi Bereznyi · Velykyi Bychkiv · Volovets · more... Villages Velykyi Rakovets · Kuzmyno · Solomonovo  · Tysaashvan  · more...

Coordinates: 48°12′N 22°38′E / 48.2°N 22.633°E / 48.2; 22.633