Dnipropetrovsk Facts for Kids

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Dnipro
Дніпро

City of regional significance

Transfiguration Cathedral, central Dnipropetrovsk skyline, Merefa-Kherson bridge, Monastyrsky Island and Dnieper river

Flag	Coat of arms

Nickname(s):

Dnipro

Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Country

Ukraine

Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

City Municipality

Dnipropetrovsk

Historic Governorate

Yekaterinoslav

Founded

1776 (247 years ago)

City Status

1778

Administrative HQ

Dnipropetrovsk City Hall,
75 Karl Marks Ave.

Raions

List of 8

Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi
Babushkinskyi
Zhovntevyi
Industrialnyi
Kirovskyi
Krasnohvardiiskyi
Leninskyi
Samarskyi

Government

• Type

City council, regional

Area

• City of regional significance

405 km² (156 sq mi)

Elevation

155 m (509 ft)

Population

(2015)

• City of regional significance

979,046

• Rank

3rd, UA

• Density

2,452/km² (6,350/sq mi)

• Metro

1,460,000

Demonym(s)

Dnipropetrovetsʹ, Dnipropetrovchanka, Dnipropetrovtsi

Time zone

UTC+2 (EET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+3 (EEST)

Postal code

49000

Area code(s)

+380 56(2)

GDP

₴ 207.9 million

Website

dniprorada.gov.ua

Dnipro (Ukrainian: Дніпро) is a city in Ukraine and is the third largest city in Ukraine. About 1 million people live there. It lies southeast of Ukraine's capital city, Kiev. It was founded in 1776. Dnipro enjoys a borderline semi-arid/Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification BSh/Csa), with relativity mild temperatures and plentiful sunshine year-round.

Dnipropetrovsk is one of the key places for the nuclear, arms and space industries of the former Soviet Union.

Images for kids

Catherine the Great monument in Ekaterinoslav (1840–1920)
A map of Ekaterinoslav, 1885
The Main Post Office, 1870
Modern buildings on the right bank
An aerial view of Dnipro. The Dnieper River, city's left and right banks, and a number of bridges can be seen.
The Yavornytsky Historical Museum
In the early 1950s, during the ongoing industrialisation of the city, much of Dnipropetrovsk's centre was rebuilt in the Stalinist style of Socialist Realism. The statue of Lenin pictured here was removed in March 2014.
Stalinist architecture blends with the post-modernism of Dnipropetrovsk's 'Passage' shopping and entertainment centre
The Dnipro Philharmonic
Main office PrivatBank
Dniproavia Embraer ERJ 145
Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt, Dnipro's central avenue, features a green pedestrian boulevard and a tram line
A scheme of the Dnipro Metro system in the city
Bridges linking the city's right and left banks are heavily used
Terminal of the Dnipro River Port
Oles Honchar National University is one of the leading establishments of higher education in Ukraine. It was founded in 1918.
The main building of the Dnipro Polytechnic
Bryansk Church House of Organ and Chamber Music
Synagogue and Menorah Center
Entrance to the Taras Shevchenko Park
Dnipro-Arena
Helena Blavatsky, 1877
Pavlo Lazarenko, 1996
USSR stamp, centenary of Sergei Prokofiev, 1991
Yulia Tymoshenko, 2011
Igor Olshansky, 2011
Olesya Povh, 2011

Dnipropetrovsk facts for kids

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