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Bohdan, Zakarpattia Oblast

Coordinates: 48°02′09″N 24°20′35″E / 48.03583°N 24.34306°E / 48.03583; 24.34306
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Bohdan
Богдан
Tiszabogdány
Bohdan is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Bohdan
Bohdan
Location of Bohdan in Zakarpattia Oblast
Bohdan is located in Ukraine
Bohdan
Bohdan
Location of Bohdan in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°02′09″N 24°20′35″E / 48.03583°N 24.34306°E / 48.03583; 24.34306
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionRakhiv Raion
First mentionedearly 18th century
Population
 (2023)
3,971

Bohdan (Ukrainian: Богдан; Hungarian: Tiszabogdány) is a village in Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It is the centre of Bohdan rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 3,971 (as of 2023).[1]

History

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Mentions of Bohdan date back to the early 17th century. The village's original population largely comprised runaway criminals and ethnic Ukrainians whose homes had been taken over by German colonists, as well as others who had migrated to be closer to their work.[2] The village also contains the remains of a Jewish cemetery.[3]

Demographics

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According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 3,277 people lived in Bohdan. 97.03% of this population spoke Ukrainian, with another 2.29% speaking Hungarian, 0.48% speaking Russian, 0.12% speaking German, and 0.03% each speaking Belarusian and Romanian (under the name of Moldovan).[4]

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ "Богданська громада" [Bohdan hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Богдан" [Bohdan]. zakarpattyachko.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Богдан" [Bohdan]. Karpaty.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Перепис населення" [Population census]. State Statistics Service of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 September 2023.