Dnipro

Dnipro (Ukrainian: Дніпро [dnʲipro]) or Dnepr (Roushie: Днепр) formerly Yekaterinoslav (Roushie: Екатеринослав, Ukrainian: Катеринослав, translit. Katerynoslav, an aa Catharinoslav on auld maps^[2]) is Ukraine's third lairgest ceety wi 1.1 million indwallers.^[3] It is locatit sootheast o Ukraine's caipital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the sooth-central region o the kintra. Dnipro is the admeenistrative center o the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province).

Dnipro (Дніпро)
Skyline o Dnipro
Banner Coat airms
Dnipro (Дніпро) Map o Ukraine wi Dnipro heichlichtit Show map of Ukraine Dnipro (Дніпро) Dnipro (Дніпро) (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) Show map of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 48°27′0″N 34°59′0″E
Kintra	Ukraine
Oblast	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Raion	Dnipro Raion
Foondit	1776
Raions	8 Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi Raion Shevchenkivskyi Raion Sonornyi Raion Industrialnyi Raion Tsentralnyi Raion Chechelivskyi Raion Novokodatskyi Raion Samarskyi Raion
Govrenment
• Mayor	Borys Albertovych Filatov
Area
• Total	405 km2 (156 sq mi)
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,001,612
• Density	2486/km2 (6,440/sq mi)
Postal code	49000
Area code(s)	+380 56(2)
Sister ceeties	Vilnius, Durham Region, Samara, Tashkent, Xi'an, Herzliya, Žilina, Saloniki, Wałbrzych
Website	gorod.dp.ua

Athin the Dnipro metropolitan aurie thare are 1,860,000 fowk (2001).^[4]

A vital industrial centre o Ukraine, Dnipro wis ane o the key centers o the nuclear, airms, an space industries o the umwhile Soviet Union. In pairticular, it is hame tae Yuzhmash, a major space an ballistic missile designer an manufacturer. Acause o its military industry, the ceety wis a closed ceety^[5] til the 1990s.

Dnipro haes a heichlie-developit public transportation seestem, includin the Dnipro Metro, which consists o ane metro line wi a tot o 6 stations.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Ukraine

The ceety o Dnipro is twinned wi:

Dalian, Cheenae Ganja, Azerbaijan[6] Herzliya, Israel Krasnoyarsk, Roushie Samara, Roushie. syne 25 Mey 1993 Szczecin, Poland[7]

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, syne 1998 Thessaloniki, Greece, syne 27 Februar 1984[8] Vilnius, Lithuanie, syne 29 September 1998 Xi'an, Cheenae, syne 1998 Žilina, Slovakie, syne 13 Februar 1993[9]

References

1. Dnipro region, statistics Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
2. English map of 1820
3. Ukrcensus.gov.ua — City Archived 2006-01-09 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed on 8 March 2007
4. uk.wikipedia.org URL accessed on 19 August 2007
5. A closed ceety does no allou foreigners inside athoot offeecial permission.
6. "Twin-cities of Azerbaijan". Azerbaijans.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
7. "Kontakty partnerskie Miasta Szczecin". Urząd Miasta Szczecin (in Polish). Archived frae the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 29 Julie 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
8. "Twinning Cities". © 2008 City of Thessaloniki. Archived frae the original on 31 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 4 Januar 2009.
9. "Žilina – oficiálne stránky mesta: Partnerské mestá Žiliny (Žilina: Official Partner Cities)". © 2008 MaM Multimedia, s.r.o.. Archived frae the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 4 Januar 2009.

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