Info about Ukraine

Located in southeast Europe, the country consists largely of fertile black soil steppes. Mountainous areas include the Carpathians in the southwest and the Crimean chain in the south. Ukraine is bordered by Belarus on the north, by Russia on the north and east, by the Black Sea on the south, by Moldova and Romania on the southwest, and by Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland on the west.

Capital
Kiev - 2 618 000 people
all city from Ukraine

Country lead by
President: Viktor Yushchenko (2005)
Prime Minister: Viktor Yanukovich (2006)

Population
46,710,816 (growth rate: –0.6%); birth rate: 8.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 9.9/1000; life expectancy: 70.0; density per sq mi: 200

Land Area
233,089 sq mi (603,700 sq km)

Monetary unit
Hryvna

Language
Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian

Ethnicity
Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belorussian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001)

Religion
Ukrainian Orthodox (Kiev Patriarchate 19%, Moscow Patriarchate 9%, no particular division 16%), Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 2%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004)

Transportation
Railways: total: 22,473 km (2002). Highways: total: 169,491 km; paved: 163,898 km; unpaved: 5,593 km (2000). Waterways: 4,499 km (1990). Ports and harbors: Berdyans'k, Feodosiya, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson, Kiev (Kyyiv), Kiliya, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni, Sevastopol', Yalta, Yuzhnyy. Airports: 790 (2002).

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