Kovel
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[[Image:BFC_Kowel_vokzalnaya_1918.jpg|frame|Kovel. Vokzalnaya Street, ca. 1918.
[http://www.bfcollection.net/cities/ukraine/kovel/kovel.html Boris Feldblyum Collection]]]
[[Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_Kovel.png|left|thumb|100px|Coat of Arms, circa 1993]]
'''Kovel''' ({{lang-uk|Ковель}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Kovel’'', [[Polish language|Polish]]: Kowel) is a [[city]] located in the [[Volyn Oblast]] ([[Oblast|province]]), in north-western [[Ukraine]]. Serving as the [[Capital city|administrative center]] of the [[Kovelsky Raion]] ([[Raion|district]]), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located around {{coor dm|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]] ([http://www.arild-hauge.com/ru-e-rusland.htm illustration]).
Kovel is the north-western hub of the Ukrainian [[railroad|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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==External links==
* [http://www.kowel.com.ua Official website]
* [http://www.bfcollection.net/cities/ukraine/kovel/kovel.html Historic images of Kovel]
*[http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/x-ussr/100k/M-35-026.jpg Soviet topographic map 1:100 000]
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