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🗺️ Kyiv, Ukraine
Capital city
📍 50.4501°, 30.5234°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalKyiv (Kiev is the transliteration from Russian)
TimezoneUTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population35.7M
Governmentsemi-presidential republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.ua
Internet Users82%
GDP per Capita$16,300
🌍 Geography
LocationEastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Belarus, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east
Size Comparisonalmost four times the size of Georgia; slightly smaller than Texas
Climatetemperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool a...
Terrainmostly fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, with mountains found only in the west (the Carpathians) or in the extreme south of the Crimean Peninsula
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsUkrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish...
ReligionsOrthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarch...
Median Age44.6 years
Life Expectancy70.5 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 24 August (1991)
Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook