Transcarpathian region is located in the west of Ukraine, it is a part of the Carpathian area, in the south it borders with Romania, south-west – Hungary, west - Slovakia and north-west - Poland,

Transcarpathian region is located in the west of Ukraine, it is a part of the Carpathian area, in the south it borders with Romania, south-west – Hungary, west - Slovakia and north-west - Poland, the region is a kind of Ukrainian "window to Europe".

Since ancient times the territory of Transcarpathia was a "bridge" between North and South, Western and Eastern Europe. The region was founded on January 22, 1946.

The territory of the region is 12.8 thousand square kilometers or 2.1% of Ukraine.

The population is about 1.25 million people or 2.6% of Ukrainian population, including urban population – 37.1% and rural – 62.9%

The administrative-territorial division of the region: 13 administrative districts, 10 cities, including 3 cities of regional subordination (Uzhgorod, Mukachevo, Hust), 20 towns and 579 villages. The administrative center is the city of Uzhgorod.

In the southwestern part of the region is situated the Transcarpathian lowland, which is the part of Middle-Danubian lowland, slightly sloping from the mountains to the valley of Tisa river.

In the region there are 9429 rivers and streams, of which 147 rivers are longer than 10 km each. The largest of them is the Tisa, the left tributary of the Danube, which was formed in result of the merger of White and Black Tisa.

Open for yourself Transcarpathia - fantastic beautiful land of "a green gold": woods, gardens, vineyards, amazingly picturesque mountains and valleys, curative mineral sources.

Nowadays, Transcarpathia is the most interesting place of Ukraine, where you can nicely spend your time and know more about its original history and culture.

Verhovyna and Gutzulsshina, fortresses and wooden churches, lake of Synevir and museum under the open air are retained for those, who come to this hospitable land.

In Transcarpathia there are a lot of attractive places for the tourists. Some of them are unique.

Mountain Goverla is the highest peak of Ukrainian Carpathians (its height is 2061 meters above a sea level, which attracts the fans of extreme kinds of tourism. As a rule, it is opened from May till November.

Polonina Dragobrat is the "tourist Mecca " for the admirers of mountain siding rest (its height is 1700 meters above a sea level). The difference of heights is about 500 m. The snow cover is being kept from the beginning of November to the beginning of June. The infrastructure of winter rest here is well advanced.

There are 8 tourist centers and private hotels of high-grade service, 4 mountain-ski elevators (length from 3 50 up to 1100 meters) here.

- Lake of Sinevir is one of the most beautiful high-mountainous lakes in Carpathians. It was formed with a result of a collapse many years ago, still in glacial epoch. The lake is located at height 989 meters above a sea level. Its general area of water smooth surface is 7 hectares, the greatest depth is 20m.

The tourist centers "Sinevirskoye ozero" and "Morskoye oko " are located nearby the lake.

- Valley of narcissus is the unique place of Ukraine and CIS, where one can find natural wild narrow-leaved narcissus. Similar places, but with smaller area, have remained only in few places - Alps, Romania and some Balkan countries. The mass blossoming of plants in April and May leaves in people who saw this perfect show the unforgettable impressions.

- The geographical center of Europe - is located in Transcarpathia, in Rahiv district.

- The symbolical monumental sign has been established here, where the following words written in Latin are: "Constant, precisely eternal place.

-Very precisely, with the special device, which was made in Empire of Austria and Hungary, with a scale of meridians and parallels, the center of Europe has been established here. 1887".

The biggest towns of the region are Uzhhorod (the capital), Mukacheve and Khust. Everyone of them can boast an ancient castle on the hill and many old and new churches.

Tourism is being actively developing here.

-New hotels are built

-New travel routes are developed

Castles (Seredne, Khust, Mukacheve, Uzhgorod, Nevytske, Chynadieve, Koroleve, Vynogradiv, Dovge)

Wooden churches in numerous villages, palaces (Vynogradiv, Mukacheve, Chynadieve)

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