Poroshkovo

Poroshkovo (Ukrainian: Порошково; Hungarian: Poroskő; Romanian: Poroșcovo) is a village in Uzhhorod Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine.

Poroshkovo Порошково
Village
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Coordinates: 48°39′59″N 22°45′05″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Uzhhorod Raion
Population  (2001)
• Total	3,786
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Poroshkovo was located in Perechyn Raion. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Uzhhorod Raion in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast to six.^[1][2]

Demographics

According to the 1989 census, the population of Poroshkovo was 3,410 people, of whom 1,676 were men and 1,734 women.^[3]

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[4]

• Ukrainian 92.93%
• Romanian 5.65%
• Romani 0.68%
• Russian 0.34%
• Slovak 0.10%
• Moldovan (Romanian) 0.05%
• Hungarian 0.05%
• German 0.03%

The Romanians on the area of Poroshkovo are known as volohi (cf. Vlachs) in Romanian. According to Romanian media, Poroshkovo and other neighbouring villages are of Romanian-majority and Romanians form a 10,000–15,000-strong community in the region.^[5]