Dnipro
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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) | |
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 Skyline o Dnipro | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Dnipro (Дніпро) Map o Ukraine wi Dnipro heichlichtit  Dnipro (Дніпро) Dnipro (Дніпро) (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 48°27′0″N 34°59′0″E | |
| Kintra | Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Raion | Dnipro Raion |
| Foondit | 1776 |
| Raions | 8
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| 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
The ceety o Dnipro is twinned wi:
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