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Zakarpattya or Transcarpathia (Закарпатська область, Zakarpats’ka oblast’ in Ukrainian) is an oblast' (region) of Ukraine. Its capital is Uzhhorod. Other important cities are Mukachiv and Chop, Ukraine (the bordertown housing various transportation infrustructure).
Early history of the area includes the incorporation of the area into the Great Moravian Empire in the 9th and 10th centuries. From the end of the 10th century AD until 1918, Transcarpathia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. Then it became part of Czechoslovakia until after the Second World War, when it was annexed to the Soviet Union's Ukrainian SSR.
Although ethnic Ukrainians (rather Ruthenians) are in majority here, other ethnic groups are relatively numerous in Zakarpattya. The largest those are Hungarians, Romanians and Slovaks. Their languages and culture are respected by providing national school education, clubs etc.
The area of the region is 12,800 kmē; its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.2 million people.
Zakarpattya's economy depends mostly on trans-border trade, vinery and forestry.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recognized the Carpathian Mountains as a natural treasure of global importance and included it in its âGlobal 200â list of the most significant ecosystems on our planet.
At the same time, the UkrainianCarpathians represent an ethnographic region rich in history and cultural heritage and include such subregions as the Hutsul region, Boiko region, Lemko region, as well as parts of Bukovyna and Transcarpathia.
A region in the southeasternmost part of the Carpathian Mountains of Galicia, Bukovyna, and Transcarpathia (the basins of the upper Prut River, upper Suceava River, upper Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska River, and upper Tysa River valleys), inhabited by Ukrainian highlanders called Hutsuls.
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