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Dnipropetrovsk (Дніпропетровськ)
Dnepropetrovsk (Днепропетровск)
Transfiguration Cathedral, central Dnipropetrovsk skyline, Merefa-Kherson bridge, Monastyrsky Island and Dnieper river
Flag of Dnipropetrovsk (Дніпропетровськ) Dnepropetrovsk (Днепропетровск)
Coat of arms of Dnipropetrovsk (Дніпропетровськ) Dnepropetrovsk (Днепропетровск)
Nickname: 
Dnipro
Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Country Ukraine
Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
City Municipality Dnipropetrovsk
Historic GovernorateYekaterinoslav
Founded1776 (249 years ago)
City Status1778
Administrative HQDnipropetrovsk City Hall,
75 Karl Marks Ave.
Raions
Government
 • TypeCity council, regional
 • Governing bodyDnipropetrovsk City Council
 • MayorBorys Filatov (UKROP)[1]
 • MPs:Yakov Bezbakh
Maksim Kuryachy (PPB)
Andriy Denisenko (PPB)
Borys Filatov
Ivan Kulichenko (PPB)
Area
 • City of regional significance405 km2 (156 sq mi)
Elevation
155 m (509 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • City of regional significanceDecrease 979,046
 • Rank3rd, UA
 • Density2,452/km2 (6,350/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,460,000
Demonym(s)Dnipropetrovetsʹ, Dnipropetrovchanka, Dnipropetrovtsi
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
49000
Area code+380 56(2)
GDP 207.9 million [2]
Websitedniprorada.gov.ua

Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровськ) is a city in Ukraine and is the third largest city in Ukraine. About 1 million people live there. It lies southeast of Ukraine's capital city, Kiev. It was founded in 1776. It has a humid continental climate (Dfa in the KOeppen climate classification).

Dnipropetrovsk is one of the key places for the nuclear, arms and space industries of the former Soviet Union.

References

  1. Borys Filatov becomes Dnipropetrovsk mayor – election commission, Ukrinform (18 November 2015)
  2. "Global city GDP 2011" (PDF).