Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 43,370; it is the fifth-most-populous city in Kentucky poplulations.aspx" target="_blank">http://travel.ky.gov/facts_poplulations.aspx. It is one of two county seats of _Kenton County blank">http://www.thinkkentucky.com/edis/deskbook/files/landarea.pdf. Covington is located at the _confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers. Covington is part of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area and is separated from Cincinnati by the Ohio River and from Newport by the Licking River. Covington is located within the Upland South region of the United States of America; it is also acknowledged as a Midwestern city.