Dnipro

Dnipro Дніпро
City of regional significance
Transfiguration Cathedral, central Dnipro skyline, Merefa-Kherson bridge, Monastyrsky Island and Dnieper river
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipro Location of Dnipro in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°27′N 34°59′E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
City Municipality	Dnipro
Founded	1776 (249 years ago) (officially)
City Status	1778
Administrative HQ	Dnipro City Hall, 75 Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt
Raions	List of 8 Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi Chechelivskyi Industrialnyi Novokodatskyi Samarskyi Shevchenkivskyi Sobornyi Tsentralnyi
Government
• Type	City council, regional
Area
• City of regional significance	415 km2 (160 sq mi)
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population  (2018)
• City of regional significance	1,000,506
• Rank	4th, UA
• Density	2,411/km2 (6,240/sq mi)
• Metro	1,460,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	49000—49489
Area code	+380 56(2)
GDP	₴ 207.9 billion
Website	dniprorada.gov.ua

Dnipro (Ukrainian: Дніпро, Russian: Днепр, Dnepr), called Dnipropetrovsk until May 2016 (Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ [ˌdʲnʲiprɔpɛˈtrɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Днепропетро́вск [dʲnʲɪprəpʲɪˈtrofsk] Dnepropetrovsk) 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, Kyiv. It was founded in 1776. Dnipro enjoys a borderline semi-arid/Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification BSh/Csa), with relativity mild temperatures and plentiful sunshine year-round.

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