Bohdan
Богдан Tiszabogdány | |
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Coordinates: 48°02′09″N 24°20′35″E / 48.03583°N 24.34306°E | |
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Raion | Rakhiv Raion |
First mentioned | early 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[update]).[1]
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]
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]