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Dnepropetrovsk

Dnipro (Дніпро)
Dnipropetrovsk (Дніпропетровськ)
Dnepropetrovsk (Днепропетровск)
City of regional significance
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Transfiguration Cathedral, central Dnipropetrovsk skyline, Merefa-Kherson bridge, Monastyrsky Island and Dnieper river
Flag of Dnipro (Дніпро)
Flag
Coat of arms of Dnipro (Дніпро)
Coat of arms
Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipro (Дніпро) is located in Ukraine
Dnipro (Дніпро)
Dnipro (Дніпро)
Location of Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°27′N 34°59′E / 48.450°N 34.983°E / 48.450; 34.983Coordinates: 48°27′N 34°59′E / 48.450°N 34.983°E / 48.450; 34.983
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
City Municipality

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Historic Governorate Yekaterinoslav
Founded 1776 (241 years ago)
City Status 1778
Administrative HQ Dnipropetrovsk City Hall,
75 Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt
Raions
Government
 • Type City council, regional
 • Governing body Dnipropetrovsk City Council
 • Mayor Borys Filatov (UKROP)
 • MPs: Yakov Bezbakh
Maksim Kuryachy (PPB)
Andriy Denisenko (PPB)
Borys Filatov
Ivan Kulichenko (PPB)
Area
 • City of regional significance 405 km2 (156 sq mi)
Elevation 155 m (509 ft)
Population (2015)
 • City of regional significance Decrease 979,046
 • Rank 4th, UA
 • Density 2,452/km2 (6,350/sq mi)
 • Metro 1,460,000
Demonym(s) Dnipropetrovetsʹ, Dnipropetrovchanka, Dnipropetrovtsi
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 49000
Area code(s) +380 56(2)
GDP 207.9 million
Website dniprorada.gov.ua

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Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ [ˌdnʲiprɔpɛˈtrɔwsʲk], officially Dnipro, Дніпро) or Dnepropetrovsk (Russian: Днепропетро́вск [dnʲɪprəpʲɪˈtrofsk]), is Ukraine's fourth largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is 391 kilometres (243 mi) southeast of the capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central part of Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance, the centre of Dnipropetrovsk municipality and extraterritorial administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Raion. Population: 997,754 (2013 est.).

Known as Ekaterinoslav (Russian: Екатериносла́в [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnɐˈslaf], Ukrainian: Катериносла́в, translit. Katerynoslav) until 1925, the city was formally inaugurated by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative centre of the newly acquired vast territories of imperial New Russia, including those ceded to Russia by the Ottoman Empire under the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774). The city was originally envisioned as the Russian Empire's third capital city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. A vital industrial centre of Soviet Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk was one of the key centres of the nuclear, arms, and space industries of the Soviet Union. In particular, it is home to the Yuzhmash, a major space and ballistic missile design bureau and manufacturer. Because of its military industry, Dnipropetrovsk was a closed city until the 1990s. On 19 May 2016 the official name of the city was changed to Dnipro.


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