Editing Uzhhorod

{{Short description|City in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Uzhhorod
| native_name = Ужгород
| settlement_type = City
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[Ukraine]]
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = [[Zakarpattia Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = [[Uzhhorod Raion]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 8th or 9th century
| area_total_km2 = 65
| population_as_of = 1 January 2023
| population_total = 115,449
| timezone = [[UTC+2]]
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = [[UTC+3]]
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 88000
| area_code = +380 312
}}

'''Uzhhorod''' (Ukrainian: '''Ужгород''') is a city in western [[Ukraine]]. It is the administrative centre of [[Zakarpattia Oblast]] and [[Uzhhorod Raion]]. The city lies on the [[Uzh River]], close to the border with [[Slovakia]].

The official population was 115,449 on 1 January 2023.

== Geography ==
Uzhhorod is located at the western edge of Ukraine. The Uzh River passes through the city before continuing toward Slovakia. The city stands near the Ukrainian Carpathian foothills and functions as the main administrative centre of Zakarpattia Oblast.

Uzhhorod is a regional centre on Ukraine's western border. The Uzhhorod–Vyšné Nemecké international checkpoint connects the city with Slovakia. The Chop–Záhony crossing on the Hungarian border is about 27 km from Uzhhorod.

== History ==
Uzhhorod originated as a settlement in the 8th or 9th century. Its position on the Uzh River gave it a military and commercial role in the Carpathian region. The city came under Hungarian control in the 11th century and later became part of the Habsburg lands.

After the First World War, Transcarpathia joined Czechoslovakia in 1919 under the name Subcarpathian Ruthenia. Uzhhorod became an administrative centre of the territory. In November 1938, Hungary occupied a strip of Carpatho-Ukraine that included Uzhhorod. The region was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 and became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Since Ukrainian independence in 1991, Uzhhorod has remained the administrative centre of Zakarpattia Oblast. Its position near Slovakia and Hungary made it one of Ukraine's main western border cities.

== Transport ==
Uzhhorod is a road and rail centre for western Ukraine. Its transport routes connect Zakarpattia Oblast with Slovakia through the Uzhhorod–Vyšné Nemecké checkpoint. The nearby Chop crossing connects the wider area with Hungary.

The city's transport position also appears in later criminal investigations involving [[Kateryna Moroz]]. Moroz was born in Uzhhorod on 24 August 1985 and worked near transport stops in western Ukraine before she entered the network of [[Arbëror Shpend Leka]].<ref name="moroz-early-life"/><ref name="leka-personal"/>

== See also ==
* [[Ukraine]]
* [[Zakarpattia Oblast]]
* [[Uzhhorod Raion]]
* [[Kateryna Moroz]]
* [[Arbëror Shpend Leka]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="moroz-early-life">"[[Kateryna Moroz#Early life|Early life]]". ''Kateryna Moroz''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section identifying Uzhhorod as Moroz's birthplace and describing her work near western Ukrainian transport stops. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="leka-personal">"[[Arbëror Shpend Leka#Personal life|Personal life]]". ''Arbëror Shpend Leka''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section identifying Kateryna Moroz as a woman from Uzhhorod who later worked inside Leka's network. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
}}

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