Largest Cities
City
Population
Estimated
Kiev (Kyiv)
2,595,300
2002
Kharkov
1,452,600
2002
Dnipropetrovsk
1,044,700
2002
Key Data
Region:
Eastern Europe
Population:
48,027,500 October 2002
Area Total:
603,700 km2
Area Land:
603,700 km2
Coast Line:
2,782 km km
Capital:
Kiev (or Kyiv)
Climate:
Temperate continental; winters vary
from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are
warm across the greater part of the country. Hot in the south.
Languages:
Ukrainian
Russian
Romanian
Polish
Hungarian
Currency:
US$1 = 5.42 hryvnia
Holiday:
Independence Day, 24 August (1991)
Average Daily Temperature
Capital:
Kiev (or Kyiv)
January:
-5.6°C / 21.9°F
July:
20.4°C / 68.7°F
Annual Rainfall:
598.3mm / 23.6''
Boundaries
Russia :
1,576km
Moldova :
939km
Belarus :
891km
Romania :
531km
Poland :
428km
Hungary :
103km
Slovakia :
90km
Ethnic Divisions
Ukrainian
73%
Russian
22%
Other
4%
Jewish
1%
ENLARGE
Religions
Ukrainian Catholic
n/a
Ukrainian Orthodox
n/a
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox
n/a
Protestant
n/a
Jewish
n/a