Kovel

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Kovel is a historic town in northwestern Ukraine, located in the Volyn region and known as a former important railway and trade hub.

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Kovel canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
country Ukraine
countrySubdivision Volyn Oblast
hasAreaCode +3803352
hasCharacteristic historic town
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasEconomicActivity light industry
trade
transport services
hasEducationalInstitution secondary schools
hasEthnicCommunity Jews
Poles
Ukrainians
hasHealthcareFacility hospitals
hasMunicipalStatus city of oblast significance
hasPostalCode 45000
hasRailwayStation Kovel railway junction
surface form: Kovel railway station
hasReligiousCommunity Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians

Jews
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholics
hasRole railway hub
trade hub
hasTransportInfrastructure bus station
railway depot
historicalEvent Holocaust in Volhynia
Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: World War II Eastern Front operations
isPartOf Volyn Oblast
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Volyn Oblast
locatedInContinent Europe
locatedInFormerCountry Poland
Russian Empire
Second Polish Republic
Soviet Union
locatedInHistoricalRegion Volhynia
locatedInRegion northwestern Ukraine
officialLanguage Ukrainian
partOfHistoricalEvent German occupation of Ukraine
surface form: German occupation of Ukraine in World War II

Soviet–Polish border changes in the 20th century
railwayJunctionOf lines to Brest
lines to Chełm
lines to Kyiv
lines to Lviv
roadJunctionOf regional roads of Volyn Oblast
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
traversedBy Turiya River NERFINISHED

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