UKRAINE : FACTBOOK
 
  • Country name : Ukraine
     
  • Capital : Kiev
     
  • Location : Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia.
     
  • Area : 603,700 sq km, slightly smaller than Texas
     
  • 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; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south.
     
  • Terrain : 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.
     
  • Geography : strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe.
     
  • Population : 48,055,439 (July 2003 est.).
     
  • Ethnic groups : Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 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).
     
  • Languages : Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
     
  • Religions : Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish.
     
  • Government type : republic.
     
  • Administrative divisions : 24 oblasti, 1 autonomous republic and 2 municipalities with oblast status.
     
  • Currency : hryvnia (UAH)
     
  • GDP : $218 billion (2002 est.)
     
  • GDP - per capita : $4,500 (2002 est.)
     
  • Industries : coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)
     
  • Exports : $18.1 billion (2002 est.)
     
  • Exports - commodities : ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products
     
  • Exports - partners : Russia 18.6%, Italy 7.4%, Turkey 5.6%, Germany 4.1%, China 4.1% (2002)
     
  • Imports : $18 billion (2002 est.)
     
  • Imports - commodities : energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals
     
  • Imports - partners : Russia 32.3%, Germany 11.7%, Turkmenistan 7.4%, Poland 6%, Italy 4% (2002)
     
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