Chirnihiv facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Chernihiv (Чернігів)
Chernigov (Чернигов) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
City
|
|||||
     
From top, left to right: Trinity Monastery, Catherine's Church, fortress guns on the Val, Krasna square, Hotel "Desna" building, and view of ancient Chernihiv with Transfiguration, Borys and Hlib Cathedrals and Chernihiv Collegium
|
|||||
|
|||||
| Nickname(s):
City of Legends
|
|||||
| Country |  Ukraine |
||||
| Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast | ||||
| Municipality | Chernihiv municipality | ||||
| Founded | 907 | ||||
| City Status | 907 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| • Total | 79 km2 (31 sq mi) | ||||
| Elevation | 136 m (446 ft) | ||||
| Population
(2015)
|
|||||
| • Total | 294,727 | ||||
| • Density | 1,547/km2 (4,010/sq mi) | ||||
| Postal code |
14000
|
||||
| Area code(s) | (+380) 462 | ||||
| Vehicle registration | CB / 25 | ||||
| Website | chernigiv-rada.gov.ua | ||||
Chernihiv (Ukrainian: Чернігів) is a city in Ukraine. About 300,000 people live there.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Chirnihiv is twinned with:
Gomel, Belarus
Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany
Tarnobrzeg, Poland
Petah Tikva, Israel
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Ogre, Latvia
Prilep, North Macedonia
Gallery
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Chirnihiv Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.