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Capital Ukraine : |
Kiev (Kyyiv) .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Ukraine :
| Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km .
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| Climate Ukraine :
| 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; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south .
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| Life expectancy Ukraine :
| 66.68 years .
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| Fertility rate Ukraine :
| 1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Ukraine :
| republic .
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| Population Ukraine :
| 47,732,079 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Ukraine :
| 603,700 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Ukraine :
| 10,833,300 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Ukraine :
| 4.2 million (2002) .
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| International Country Code Ukraine :
| 380.
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| Sex ratio total Ukraine :
| 0.86 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Ukraine ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Ukraine ratio 15 64 :
| 0.92 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Ukraine ratio 65 :
| 0.51 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Ukraine :
| $2.891 billion (2003) |
| HIV Ukraine :
| 2% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Ukraine :
| 29% (2003 est.) |
| Literacy Ukraine :
| 99,70% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Ukraine :
| 3,70% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Ukraine :
| 23.2% (1999) |
| Inflation Ukraine :
| 5.2% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Ukraine :
| 3.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (2003) |
| Internet Users Ukraine :
| 900,000 (2002) |
| Location Ukraine :
| Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east |
| Geographic Coordinates Ukraine :
| 49 00 N, 32 00 E |
| Religion Ukraine :
| Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.5%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate 20%, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate) 13%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish |
| Administrative region Ukraine :
| 24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkas'ka (Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka (Chernihiv), Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi), Dnipropetrovs'ka (Dnipropetr |
| Terrain Ukraine :
| most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south |
| Elevation extremes lowest Ukraine :
| Black Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Ukraine :
| Hora Hoverla 2,061 m |
| Natural resources Ukraine :
| iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land |
| Land use arable land Ukraine :
| 56,21% |
| Land use permanentcrops Ukraine :
| 1,61% |
| Irrigated land Ukraine :
| 24,540 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Ukraine :
| NA |
| Environment current issues Ukraine :
| inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant |
| Geography note Ukraine :
| strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe |
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