Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine oblast

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• overview
• administrative division
• economy

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Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine oblast overview

Dnepropetrovsk oblast coat of arms

Dnepropetrovsk oblast flag

Dnepropetrovsk oblast map location

Dnepropetrovsk (Ukrainian spelling Dnipropetrovsk) oblast is located in the forest-steppe and steppe zones of the southeastern part of Ukraine. Dnepropetrovsk oblast administrative center is Dnepropetrovsk city.

Dnepropetrovsk region territory, occupying 5.3% of the total area of Ukraine, is represented by a plain relief of the steppe character with the developed river network. The moderate continental climate contributes to the development of agriculture in Dnepropetrovsk oblast, especially grain growing.

Dnepropetrovsk oblast landscapes

About 84% of Dnepropetrovsk oblast population lives in cities and towns, including 56% of those able to work. Dnepropetrovsk region is rich in mineral resources. Dnepropetrovsk oblast share in Ukraine's volume of the extraction of manganese ore is 100%, iron ore (80%), coal (13.5%).

Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine oblast population - 3,520,000 (2007).
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine oblast land area - 31,914 sq. km.

Dnepropetrovsk oblast nature

Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine oblast administrative division

Dnepropetrovsk oblast includes 22 administrative districts, 13 towns, 54 urban villages, 1,449 villages.

The largest cities and towns of the region are Dnepropetrovsk (1,040,000), Kryvy Rih (685,000), Dniprodzerzhynsk (275,000), Nikopol (130,500), Pavlohrad (115,000).

Dnepropetrovsk oblast country road

Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine oblast economy

Dnepropetrovsk oblast industry: second largest Ukraine industrial producer with highly developed heavy industry. Metallurgy, heavy machine-building, production of electric and electronic appliances, vehicles, minerals extraction (incl. world leading iron ore deposits); other major industrial branches are presented in Dnepropetrovsk oblast.

Dnepropetrovsk oblast churches

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