Uzhhorod is a city and municipality on the Uzh River in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea (650–690 km) making it the most inland city in this part of Europe. It is the administrative center of Zakarpattia Oblast (region), as well as the administrative center of Uzhhorod Raion (district) within the oblast. Population: 115,449.
Image: Ужгородський кафедральний собор, аерофото 2
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Image: Uzhhorod, Zakarpats'ka oblast, Ukraine panoramio (97)
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Zakarpattia Oblast, also referred to as simply Zakarpattia or Transcarpathia in English, is an oblast in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is the city of Uzhhorod. Other major cities within the oblast include Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove, and Chop, the last of which is home to railroad transport infrastructure.
Synevyr National Nature Park is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Morning in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
Svydovets (Drahobrat) Waterfall
A bear in Synevyr National Nature Park
