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
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
