Kovel

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Coat of Arms, circa 1993

Kovel (In Ukrainian and in Russian: Ковель), Kowel (Polish) is a town now situated in western Ukraine in the Volyn oblast. It has a population of 62.9 thousand (2004). Kovel is the north-western terminus of the Ukrainian rail system. This is a continuation of the same line built in 1877 that links Kovel with Lublin and Warsaw in Poland.

External link

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

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