Explore Ukraine in Europe - Ukraine Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Ukraine with its capital Kiev is located in Europe (Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea). It covers some 603,701 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Texas) with 45,994,000 citizens. Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Hungarian are the languages commonly used by the people in Ukraine (consider regional differences). Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia, Belarus, Romania and Russia are bordering countries.

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About Ukraine

The landscape features 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. The average density of population is about 76 per km². The climate in can be described as temperate continental with 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. Potential threats by nature are NA.

To reach someone in Ukraine dial +380 prior to a number. There are 13,026,000 installed telephones. And there are 55,333,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ua". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 27 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Ukraine

Ukraine Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th...

L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre

The city of L''viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved...

Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany

The Ancient Beech Forests of Germany, represent examples of on-going post-glacial biological and ecological evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and are indispensable to understanding the spread of...

Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding...

Struve Geodetic Arc

The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km. These are points of a survey, carried out between...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Ukraine

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Ukraine is shrinking at an rate of 0.62% (or by 280,668 citizens). Each year 4,542 people leave this country (or 0.10 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of -0.61%. Or an total decrease of 276,127 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.