Tysaashvan

Tysaashvan or Tisaashvan (Ukrainian: Тисаашвань, Hungarian: Tiszaásvány), until 1995 Mineralnoye (Ukrainian: Мінєралноє) is a village in Transcarpathia, Ukraine.

Flag of Ukraine.svg Тисаашвань
Flag of Hungary.svg Tiszaásvány
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Coordinates: 48°25′20″N 22°16′14″E / 48.42222°N 22.27056°E / 48.42222; 22.27056Coordinates: 48°25′20″N 22°16′14″E / 48.42222°N 22.27056°E / 48.42222; 22.27056
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
OblastFlag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionUzhorodskyj rayon prapor.png Uzhhorodskyi Raion
Area
 • Total210 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population
 • Total852
 • Density4.06/km2 (10.51/sq mi)

History

The village belonged to Hungary from 1000 to 1920 and again from 1938 to 1944. Between 1920 and 1938, it was part of Czechoslovakia. And since 1945, it has been part of Zakarpattia. The lands around the village were covered with ancient forests until the 1850s, when they were gradually cleared.

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