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Europe > Ukraine > Geography

UKRAINIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Texas
Capital city with population Kiev - 2,637,000
Forested Land 16.5% [128th of 193]
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
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200-m or to the depth of exploitation
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [111st of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [138th of 190]
Natural resources
iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land
northernmost point > Latitude 52º22'N
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]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 46.71 people/km² of arable lan ... [68th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 603,550 km² ... [43rd of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Hora Hoverla
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

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ukraine, Ukrayina

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