Dnipro

Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровськ [dnʲiprope̝trou̯sʲk]) or Dnepropetrovsk (Roushie: Днепропетровск) formerly Yekaterinoslav (Roushie: Екатеринослав, Ukrainian: Катеринослав, translit. Katerynoslav, also Catharinoslav on old maps) is Ukraine's third lairgest ceety wi 1.1 million inhabitants. 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).

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 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

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Ukraine

The ceety o Dnipropetrovsk is twinned wi:

Dalian, Cheenae Ganja, Azerbaijan Herzliya, Israel Krasnoyarsk, Roushie Samara, Roushie. syne 25 Mey 1993 Szczecin, Poland

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, syne 1998 Thessaloniki, Greece, syne 27 February 1984 Vilnius, Lithuanie, syne 29 September 1998 Xi'an, Cheenae, syne 1998 Žilina, Slovakie, syne 13 Februar 1993