List of cities in Zakarpattia Oblast

There are 11 populated places in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.^[2] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.^[3][4][5] As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence,^[a] the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital, Uzhhorod, with a population of 117,317 people, while the least populous city was Perechyn, with 7,083 people.^[6][7]

Location of cities in Zakarpattia Oblast.^[1]

From independence in 1991 to 2020, five cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining six cities were located amongst thirteen raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.^[8][9][7] On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into six new, expanded raions.^[3][10] The six raions that make up the oblast are Berehove, Khust, Mukachevo, Rakhiv, Tiachiv, and Uzhhorod.^[11]

List of cities

Cities in Zakarpattia Oblast

Name	Name (in Ukrainian)[2][b]	Raion (district)	Popu­lation (2022 esti­mates)[2]	Popu­lation (2001 census)[7]	Popu­lation change
Berehove	Берегове	Berehove	23,325	26,735	−12.75%
Chop	Чоп	Uzhhorod	8,626	8,919	−3.29%
Irshava	Іршава	Khust	9,163	9,515	−3.70%
Khust	Хуст	Khust	28,039	29,080	−3.58%
Mukachevo	Мукачево	Mukachevo	85,569	82,346	+3.91%
Perechyn	Перечин	Uzhhorod	6,477	7,083	−8.56%
Rakhiv	Рахів	Rakhiv	15,536	15,241	+1.94%
Svaliava	Свалява	Mukachevo	17,068	17,145	−0.45%
Tiachiv	Тячів	Tiachiv	8,887	9,786	−9.19%
Uzhhorod	Ужгород	Uzhhorod	115,449	117,317	−1.59%
Vynohradiv	Виноградів	Berehove	25,317	25,760	−1.72%

See also

• List of cities in Ukraine

Notes

1. As of 11 July 2023^[6]
2. Links to the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city