Kovel

[[Image:BFC_Kowel_vokzalnaya_1918.jpg|frame|Kovel. Vokzalnaya Street, ca. 1918.Boris Feldblyum Collection]]

Coat of Arms, circa 1993

Kovel (, 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 .

The current estimated population is around 62,900 (as of 2004).

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.

External links

*Official web site (in Ukrainian)
*Soviet topographic map 1:100 000