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ISO Country Code: ua, ukr

Time:Local Time = UTC+2h Actual Time: Tue-Jan-8 21:45 Daylight Saving Time (DST) March - October (UTC +3)

Country Calling Code: +380

Capital City: Kiev (Kyiv)

Other Cities: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa

Government:Type: Presidential-parliamentary.Independence: August 24, 1991.Constitution: First post-Soviet constitution adopted June 28, 1996.

Geography:Location: Eastern Europe, bordered on the West by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary;on the Southwest by Romania and Moldova; on the South by the Black Sea and Seaof Azov; on the East and Northeast by Russia; and on the North by Belarus.Area: 603,000 km (233,100 sq mi)Terrain: mostly flat; 95% of lands are plains and 5% are mountainous.

Climate: two climatic zones: moderate and subtropical (southern shore of Crimea)

People:Nationality: Ukrainian(s)Population: 42 million (2015)Ethnic Groups: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Moldovans, Hungarians, Bulgarians,Jews, Poles, Crimean Tatars, and other groups.Religions: Ukrainian Orthodoxy, Ukrainian Greek Catholicism, Judaism, Roman Catholicism,IslamLanguages: Ukrainian (official), Russian, othersLiteracy: 98%

Agriculture products: Grain, sugar, sunflower seeds.

Natural resources: Coal, iron ore, oil and gas, gravel, salt; biggest ozoceriteand brimstone deposits in the world.

Exports - commodities: ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, foodstuffs.

Exports - partners: Russia 12.7%, Turkey 7.3%, China 6.3%, Egypt 5.5%, Italy 5.2%, Poland 5.2% (2015)

Imports - commodities: energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals.

Imports - partners: Russia 20%, Germany 10.4%, China 10.1%, Belarus 6.5%, Poland 6.2%, Hungary 4.2% (2015)

Currency: Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)

(Source: Embassy of Ukraine and others)

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Ukraine - Country Profile - Nations Online Project