Dniepropetrovsk
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Dnipro Дніпро |
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Transfiguration Cathedral, central Dnipro skyline, Merefa-Kherson bridge, Monastyrsky Island and Dnieper river
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 Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
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 Dnipro
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| Coordinates: 48°27′N 34°59′E / 48.450°N 34.983°ECoordinates: 48°27′N 34°59′E / 48.450°N 34.983°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Oblast |
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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| City Municipality |
 Dnipro |
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| Founded | 1776 (241 years ago) (officially) | ||
| City Status | 1778 | ||
| Administrative HQ | Dnipro City Hall, 75 Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt |
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| • Type | City council, regional | ||
| • Mayor | Borys Filatov (UKROP) | ||
| • MPs: | Yakov Bezbakh Maksim Kuryachy (PPB) Andriy Denisenko (PPB) Tetyana Rychkova Ivan Kulichenko (PPB) |
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| Area | |||
| • City of regional significance | 405 km2 (156 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
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 979,046 |
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| • Rank | 4th, UA | ||
| • Density | 2,452/km2 (6,350/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,460,000 | ||
| 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 | ||
Dnipro (Ukrainian: Дніпро), until May 2016 Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ [ˌdnʲiprɔpɛˈtrɔwsʲk]) 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. Dnipro is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance, the centre of Dnipro municipality and extraterritorial administrative centre of Dnipro Raion. Population: 997,754 (2013 est.).
The first fortified town in what is now Dnipro was probably built mid-16th century according to archeological findings.
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, Dnipro 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, Dnipro 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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