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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Texas
Area > Land	603,700 sq km		[44th of 238]
Area > Total	603,700 sq km		[50th of 250]
Capital city with population	Kiev - 2,637,000
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
Forested Land	16.5%		[128th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	49 00 N, 32 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 940 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 176 km, Romania (southwest) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km
Land use > Arable land	53.8%		[3rd of 258]
Largest city	Kiev
Largest city population	2,812,000		[37th of 174]
Largest city with population	Kiev - 2,637,000
Location Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east
Map references Europe
Natural resources iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land
Population density	82.51 people per sqkm		[109th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	81.25 people/m²		[96th of 204]
Precipitation	649 mm		[59th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	603,550 km²		[43rd of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Hora Hoverla

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