Ukraine

Ukraine is the largest country lying entirely within Europe. Its black soil, chernozem, is among the most fertile farmland in the world.

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Easy learning about Ukraine

The capital city of Ukraine is Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine.

Word: Sunflower

Meaning: yellow fields

Administrative Divisions

24 provinces (oblasti'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonomna respublika), and 2 municipalities** (mista) with oblast status

Cherkasy
Chernihiv
Chernivtsi
Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol)
Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro)
Donetsk
Ivano-Frankivsk
Kharkiv
Kherson
Khmelnytskyi
Kirovohrad (Kropyvnytskyi)
Kyiv**
Kyiv
Luhansk
Lviv
Mykolaiv
Odesa
Poltava
Rivne
Sevastopol**
Sumy
Ternopil
Vinnytsia
Volyn (Lutsk)
Zakarpattia (Uzhhorod)
Zaporizhzhia
Zhytomyr

Plans include the eventual renaming of Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad oblasts, but because these names are mentioned in the Constitution of Ukraine, the change will require a constitutional amendment. The US Government does not recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol - nor their redesignation as the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol - neither does the US Government recognize Russia's claimed annexation of Donetsk - Kherson - Luhansk - and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

Where in the world is Ukraine located?

Ukraine is a Country located in the Eastern Europe sub-region in the continent of Europe.

Basic Information

Capital City: Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine

Population: 38,980,376 (UN)

Area: 603,700 km² / 375,121 sq mi

People from Ukraine are called: Ukrainians

Geography

Latitude: 49.725° N

Longitude: 32.141° E

Geographical Subregion: Eastern Europe

Continental Region: Europe

Borders

Poland — Land border
Moldova — Land border
Hungary — Land border
Slovakia — Land border
Belarus — Land border
Romania — Land border
Russia — Land border

Citizenship & Passport

Passport Ranking: 33 (HP Index)

Visa-Free Destinations: 142

Climate

temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; warm summers across the greater part of the country, hot in the south

Global Indices

EF EPI Position: 70 (EF EPI)

EF EPI Score: 489 (EF EPI)

EF EPI Proficiency: Low Proficiency (EF EPI)

Global Peace Index Rank: 160 (GPI)

Global Peace Index Score: 3.184 (GPI)

Economy

GDP per Capita: $6,499 (IMF)

GDP per Capita Position: 111

Currency: Hryvnia

Currency Code: UAH

Human Development

HDI Rank: 87 (UNDP)

HDI Value: 0.779

Mean Years of Schooling: 11.1

Expected Years of Schooling: 13.3

Life Expectancy at Birth: 73.4 Years

Religion

Most Predominant: Orthodox includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU

Second Most Predominant: Orthodox UAOC

LGBTI Rights

Legal Status: Legal (ILGA)

Legal Mechanism: Legislative

Death Penalty: No

Maximum Prison Sentence: No

Physical Punishment: No

Technical Information

TLD: .ua

Calling Code: +380

MapGeo Name: Ukraine

MapGeo Code: UA