Berehove

Berehove
	Berehove; Берегове
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	Map of Zakarpattia Oblast with Berehove.
	; Berehove Location of Berehove
	Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 22°38′50″E / 48.20556°N 22.64722°E
Country; Oblast; Raion	Ukraine; Zakarpattia Oblast; Berehivskyi Raion
Incorporated	1247
	Government
- Mayor	István Gajdos
	Area
- Total	19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Elevation	115 m (377 ft)
	Population (2004)
- Total	26,100
- Density	1,371.05/km2 (3,551/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	90200
Area code(s)	+380-3141
Website	http://www.bereg.net.ua/bereg/ukr/index.html

Berehove (Ukrainian: Берегове; Hungarian: Beregszász; Rusyn: Берегово (translit. Berehovo), Russian: Берегово (translit. Beregovo), Czech and Slovak: Berehovo, Yiddish: בערעגסאז, Beregsaz, German: Bergsaß) is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary. Serving as the administrative center of the Berehivskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It was capital of Kingdom of Hungary's Bereg County till 1919 and between 1938-1944.

[edit] Demographics

The current estimated population is around 26,100 (as of 2004).

In 2001, ethnic groups included: [1]

Rabbi Hugo Gryn (1930–1996) was born here on June 25, 1930 and became well-known as a broadcaster in Britain.

The parents of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman lived there before emigrating to the United States.

Julius Rebek (born April 11, 1944), American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly was born here.

Csaba Czébely (born December 3, 1975), the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép.
Géza Kalocsay (born May 30, 1913, died September 26, 2008), former Hungarian and Czechoslovak footballer, football manager e.g. Standard Liege, Górnik Zabrze
Aranka Siegal (born June 10, 1930) is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982.
Bartholomew Kubat MD, born March 8, 1917, died August 23, 2003), born Berl Klein, was a noted Czechoslovak surgeon, Holocaust survivor and refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia.