Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region
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Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region Криворізька агломерація |
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 Map of the Kryvyi Rih metropolitan region |
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| Coordinates: 47°55′0″N 33°15′0″E / 47.91667°N 33.25000°ECoordinates: 47°55′0″N 33°15′0″E / 47.91667°N 33.25000°E | |
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 Ukraine
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| Largest Cities |
Kryvyi Rih Zhovti Vody |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 900 000 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
The Kryvyi Rih Agglomeration, or Kryvbas, is an urban area in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. With a population of some one and a half million, it is one of thelargest urban agglomerations in Ukraine. It consists of several large, industrial cities bordered by the rivers Saksahan and Inhulets to the north.
From west to east, the region includes the cities of Kryvyi Rih, Zhovti Vody as well as parts of the more "rural" Shyroke Raion, Piatykhatky Raion, Apostolove Raion, Sofiyivka Raion and Kryvyi Rih Raion. The Kryvyi Rih area doesn't have an administrative center; each city in the area has its own administration.
The presence of iron ore in the regions around Kryvyi Rih has been known since at least 1781 and was rumoured before; being known to the ancients. Throughout the 1800s the region was investigated for its mineral wealth. Iron ore of 70% iron content and manganese ores were found. In 1881 the industrial extraction of iron ore from the near region began, alongside other developments such as the construction of the Kryvyi Rih railway. By 1884 over 100,000 tons of iron ore had been extracted, and the railway though Kryvyi Rih (the Yekateryninska railway), 477 versts (505,6 km) long, from Yasynuvata station via Kryvyi Rih to Dolynska station had been opened. The production expanded rapidly in the next years, as it did in other industrialized regions and countries. By 1896 there were 20 mines producing over 1,000,000 tonnes of ore in the Kryvyi Rih Basin, and the population had exploded though the toll on the health of the working men had begun to be noticed. Industrial expansion continued in the region up to 1917. Production dropped during the first world war due to lack of labour.
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