Chernobyl (city)
| Chornobyl (Чорнобиль) Chernobyl (Чернобыль) |
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| City of district significance | |
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Chernobyl's Old City Hall building
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 Chernobyl
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| Coordinates: 51°16′20″N 30°13′27″E / 51.27222°N 30.22417°E | |
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Oblast | Kiev Oblast |
| Raion |
Chernobyl Raion (1923–1988) Ivankiv Raion (since 1988) |
| Founded | 1193 |
| City status | 1941 |
| Government | |
| • Administration | State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 704 inhabitants |
| Postal code | 07270 |
| Area code(s) | +380 4493 |
Chernobyl or Chornobyl (IPA /tʃɜːrˈnoʊbᵻl/; Ukrainian: Чорнобиль, pronounced [tʃɔrˈnɔbɪlʲ]; Russian: Чернобыль, pronounced [tɕɪrˈnobɨlʲ], Polish: Czarnobyl pronounced [tʂarˈnɔbɨl], Yiddish: טשערנאבל pronounced [tʃɛrnɔbl]) is a city in the restricted Chernobyl Exclusion Zone situated in Ivankiv Raion of northern Kiev Oblast, Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. The city was the administrative center of Chernobyl Raion (district) from 1923 until it was disestablished in 1988. The city currently has 704 inhabitants.
Chernobyl is about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northeast of Kiev, and approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) southwest of the Belarusian city of Gomel.
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