| AREA |
|
Area
|
|
Square Kilometers | 603,700 |
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Square Miles | 233,090 |
|
|
Land Use |
|
cropland | 56%
|
|
permanent pasture | 14%
|
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other (mostly urban) | 30%
|
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Coastline (miles) | 1,729
|
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Land Borders (miles) | 2,832
|
| POPULATION |
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Population Distribution: urban (1991) | 68.0%
|
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Population Growth Rate: per year (1992) | 0.2%
|
|
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Census Results
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1/17/79 | 49,754,642
|
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1/12/89
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Males | 23,959,000
|
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Females | 27,745,000
|
|
Total | 51,704,000
| |
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Official Estimate at 1/1
|
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1991 | 51,944,000
|
|
1992 | 52,057,000
|
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Density (per sq km) | 86.2
|
|
(per sq mi) | 223.0
|
| POPULATION BY ETHNIC GROUP |
|
(permanent inhabitants, census of 1/12/89) |
('000) | %
|
|
|
Ukrainian | 37,419.1 | 72.7
|
|
Russian | 11,355.6 | 22.1
|
|
Jewish | 486.3 | 0.9
|
|
Belarussian | 440.0 | 0.9
|
|
Moldovan | 324.5 | 0.6
|
|
Bulgarian | 233.8 | 0.5
|
|
Polish | 219.2 | 0.4
|
|
Hungarian | 163.1 | 0.3
|
|
Romanian | 134.8 | 0.3
|
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Greek | 98.6 | 0.2
|
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Tatar | 86.9 | 0.2
|
|
Roma (Gypsy) | 47.9 | 0.1
|
|
Crimean Tatar | 46.8 | 0.1
|
|
Armenian | 38.6 | 0.1
|
|
Others | 356.8 | 0.7
|
|
|
Total | 51,452.0 | 100.0
|
| POPULATION BY ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS (OBLASTS) |
With the exception of Crimea and Transcarpathia, the names of
regions are given in transliterated Ukrainian, with the Russian version
in parentheses where it differs. The figures for Kyiv are combined
for both the metropolitan area as well as the Kyiv region, although
they are administered separately.
|
|
Regions
| Area ('000) Sq km
| Population ('000) 1/1/91
| Density (per sq km)
|
|
Cherkasy (Cherkassy) | 20.9
| 1,530.9 | 73.2
|
|
Chernihiv (Chernigov) | 31.9
| 938.6 | 44.1
|
|
Chernivtsi (Chernovtsy) | 8.1
| 1,405.8 | 115.6
|
|
Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk) | 31.9
| 3,908.7 | 122.5
|
|
Donetsk | 26.5 | 5,346.7
| 201.8
|
|
Ivano-Frankivsk (Ivano Frankovsk) | 13.9
| 1,442.9 | 103.8
|
|
Kharkiv (Kharkov) | 31.4
| 3,194.8 | 101.7
|
|
Kherson | 28.5
| 1,258.7 | 44.2
|
|
Khmelnytskyi (Khmelnitsky) | 20.6
| 1,520.6 | 73.8
|
|
Kyiv (Kiev) | 28.9
| 4,589.8 | 158.8
|
|
Kirovohrad (Kirovograd) | 24.6
| 1,245.3 | 50.6
|
|
Luhansk (Lugansk) | 29.7
| 2,871.1 | 107.5
|
|
Lviv (Lvov) | 21.8
| 2,764.4 | 126.8
|
|
Mikolaiv (Nikolayev) | 24.6
| 1,342.4 | 54.6
|
|
Odesa (Odessa) | 33.3
| 2,635.3 | 79.1
|
|
Poltava | 28.8
| 1,756.9 | 61.0
|
|
Rivne (Rovno) | 20.1
| 1,176.8 | 58.5
|
|
Sumy | 23.8
| 1,430.2 | 60.1
|
|
Ternopil (Ternopol) | 13.8
| 1,175.1 | 85.2
|
|
Transcarpathia | 12.8
| 1,265.9 | 98.9
|
|
Vinnytsia (Vinnitsa) | 26.5
| 1,914.4 | 72.2
|
|
Volyn (Volin) | 20.2
| 1,069.0 | 52.9
|
|
Zaporizhzhia (Zaporozhye) | 27.2
| 2,099.6 | 77.2
|
|
Zhytomyr (Zhitomir) | 29.9
| 1,510.7 | 50.5
|
|
Republic of Crimea | 27.0
| 2,549.8 | 94.4
| |
|
Total | 603.7 | 51,944.4
| 86.0
|
| POPULATION BY PRINCIPAL TOWNS |
Where possible, the names of towns are given in transliterated
Ukrainian, with the Russian version in parentheses where it
differs. Mariupol was known as Zhdanov from 1948 to 1989.
Luhansk was known as Voroshilovgrad from 1935 to 1958 and from 1970
to 1989. (estimated population at 1/1/90)
|
Kyiv (Kiev, capital) | 2,616,000
|
|
Kharkiv (Kharkov) | 1,618,000
|
|
Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk) | 1,187,000
|
|
Donetsk | 1,117,000
|
|
Odesa (Odessa) | 1,106,000
|
|
Zaporizhzhia (Zaporozhye) | 891,000
|
|
Lviv (Lvov) | 798,000
|
|
Kryvyvi Rih (Krivoi Rog) | 717,000
|
|
Mariupol | 520,000
|
|
Mikolaiv (Nikolayev) | 508,000
|
|
Luhansk (Lugansk) | 501,000
|
|
Makayevka | 427,000
|
|
Vinnytsia (Vinnitsa) | 379,000
|
|
Kherson | 361,000
|
|
Sevastopol | 361,000
|
|
Simferopol | 349,000
|
|
Gorlovka | 338,000
|
|
Poltava | 317,000
|
|
Chernihiv (Chernigov) | 301,000
|
|
Cherkasy (Cherkassy) | 297,000
|
|
Sumy | 296,000
|
|
Zhytomyr (Zhitomir) | 296,000
|
|
Dniprodzerzhynsk (Dneprodzerzhinsk) | 284,000
|
|
Kirovohrad (Kirovograd) | 274,000
|
|
Chernivtsi (Chernovtsy) | 257,000
|
|
Khemelnytskyi (Khmelnitsky) | 241,000
|
|
Kremenchug | 238,000
|
|
Rivne (Rovno) | 233,000
|
|
Ivano-Frankivsk (Ivano-Frankovsk) | 220,000
|
|
Ternopil (Ternopol) | 212,000
|
|
Lutsk | 204,000
|
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| GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, TIME, LANGUAGE AND FLAG |
Ukraine is situated in east-central Europe. It
is bordered by Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania
and Moldova to the west, by Belarus to the north
and by the Russian Federation to the north-east
and east. To the south lie the Black Sea and
the Sea of Azov. The capital is Kyiv.
The climate in Ukraine is temperate, with the
Black Sea coastal region experiencing milder
winters. In Kyiv, temperatures range from about
21 degrees F in January to about 69 degrees F in
July. Annual precipitation averages 24.2 inches/615
millimeters in Kyiv. Droughts are not infrequent in
southern areas.
The time in Kyiv is 7 hours later than US Eastern
Standard, 2 hours later than Greenwich Mean. As of April 1997 Ukraine
covers one time zone.
The official state language is Ukrainian, an Eastern
Slavonic language written in Cyrillic script. Russian,
Romanian, Polish and Hungarian are also spoken.
The national flag (proportions 3 by 2) has two equal
stripes, of blue over yellow.
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| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS and WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
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PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
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New Year's Day | January 1-2
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Christmas | January 7
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Women's Day | March 8
|
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Spring & Labour Day | May 1-2
|
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Victory Day | May 9
|
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Independence Day | August 24
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WEIGHTS & MEASURES
The metric system is used.
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Last update December 9, 1996
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