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Kyiv
Київ Kiev | |
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     Top-down, left-right (from upper left): Verkhovna Rada, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Red University Building, House with Chimaeras, Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument, Independence Square | |
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| Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E / 50.45000°N 30.52333°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Municipality | Kyiv City Municipality |
| Founded | AD 482 (officially)[2] |
| City council | Kyiv City Council |
| Raions | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor and Head of City State Administration | Vitali Klitschko |
| Area | |
| • City with special status | 839 km2 (324 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2020) | |
| • City with special status | 2,967,360[1] |
| • Density | 3,299/km2 (8,540/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,375,000 (2,013)[3] of the Kyiv metropolitan area |
| Demonym(s) | Kyivan,[4] Kievan[5] |
| GDP (2017) | |
| • Total | US$26.29 billion |
| • Per capita | US$8,970 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 01xxx–04xxx |
| Area code | +380 44 |
| FIPS code | UP12 |
| Vehicle registration plate | AA, KA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, KT) |
| Website | kyivcity.gov.ua |
Kyiv or Kiev[a] (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city in Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River. Almost three million people live there.
It is not a part of any oblast. However, it is surrounded by Kyiv Oblast, and is the headquarters of Kyiv Oblast.
The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final. Kyiv also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017.
Kyiv has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ↑ Oksana Lyachynska (31 May 2012). "Kyiv's 1,530th birthday marked with fun, protest". Kyiv Post.
- ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ kyivan, Wiktionary.com (28 November 2017)
- ↑ kievan. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged, retrieved 29 May 2013 from Dictionary.com
- ↑ "Головне управління статистики м.Києва - Статистична інформація".
- ↑ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
- ↑ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ↑ Zraick, Karen (13 November 2019). "Wait, How Do You Pronounce Kiev?". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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