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Mukacheve (, , ; Rusyn: Мукачово see name section) is a city located in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast ( province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukacheve Raion ( district), the city itself does not belong to the raion and is designated as a city of oblast significance, with the status equal to that of a separate raion. The population is .
The city is now a rail terminus and highway junction, and has beer, wine, tobacco, food, textile, timber and furniture industries. During the Cold War it was home to Mukacheve air base combined with a radar station.
Officially, the population of Mukacheve is 77.1% ethnic Ukrainian. However, while the city is a traditional stronghold of the Rusyn language, the government of Ukraine does not recognize the existence of a Rusyn ethnicity distinct from Ukrainian, and many residents of Mukacheve categorized as "Ukrainian" in official figures are likely Rusyns. There are also significant minorities of: Russians (9.0%); Hungarians (8.5%); Germans (1.9%), and; Roma (1.4%).
Mukachevo is an air base in Ukraine located 6 km southwest of Mukachevo. During the Cold War it served as a small interceptor base. The airfield had a loop taxiway with many parking revetments. The air base has since been moved to Stryi leaving the airfield to stand abandoned and empty.