Dnipro
Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровськ [dnʲiprope̝trou̯sʲk]) or Dnepropetrovsk (Roushie: Днепропетровск) formerly Yekaterinoslav (Roushie: Екатеринослав, Ukrainian: Катеринослав, translit. Katerynoslav, also Catharinoslav on old maps[1]) is Ukraine's third lairgest ceety wi 1.1 million inhabitants.[2] It is locatit sootheast o Ukraine's caipital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the sooth-central region o the kintra. Dnipropetrovsk is the admeenistrative center o the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province).
Athin the Dnipropetrovsk metropolitan aurie there are 1,860,000 fowk (2001).[3]
A vital industrial center o Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk wis ane o the key centers o the nuclear, airms, an space industries o the umwhile Soviet Union. In pairticular, it is hame tae Yuzhmash, a major space an ballistic missile designer an manufacturer. Acause o its military industry, the ceety wis a closed ceety[4] til the 1990s.
Dnipropetrovsk haes a heichlie-developed public transportation seestem, includin the Dnipropetrovsk Metro, which consists o ane metro line wi a total o 6 stations.
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
The ceety o Dnipropetrovsk is twinned wi:
Krasnoyarsk, Roushie
Žilina, Slovakie, syne 13 Februar 1993Thessaloniki, Greece, syne 27 Februar 1984
Vilnius, Lithuanie, syne 29 September 1998- Samara, Roushie. syne 25 Mey 1993
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, syne 1998
Dalian, Cheenae- Xi'an, Cheenae, syne 1998
Herzliya, Israel
References
- ↑ English map of 1820
- ↑ Ukrcensus.gov.ua — City URL accessed on 8 March 2007
- ↑ uk.wikipedia.org URL accessed on 19 August 2007
- ↑ A closed ceety does no allou foreigners inside athoot offeecial permission.
