Coat of Arms, circa 1993

Kovel (In Ukrainian and in Russian: Ковель, in Polish: Kowel) is a town now situated in western Ukraine in the Volyn oblast. It has a population of 62,900 (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 links

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