Kyiv

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Coordinates : 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E  /  50.45000°N 30.52333°E  / 50.45000; 30.52333
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Kyiv
Ки?в
Kiev
City with special status
Top-down, left-right (from upper left): Verkhovna Rada , Kyiv Pechersk Lavra , Red University Building , House with Chimaeras , Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument , Independence Square
Flag of Kyiv
Flag
Coat of arms of Kyiv
Coat of arms
Kyiv is located in Ukraine
Kyiv
Kyiv
Kyiv in Ukraine
Kyiv is located in Europe
Kyiv
Kyiv
Kyiv (Europe)
Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E  /  50.45000°N 30.52333°E  / 50.45000; 30.52333
Country Ukraine
Municipality Kyiv City Municipality
Founded AD 482 (officially) [2]
City council Kyiv City Council
Raions
List of 10
Government
 ?  Mayor and Head of City State Administration Vitali Klitschko
Area
 ?  City with special status 839 km 2 (324 sq mi)
Elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Population
  (1 January 2020)
 ?  City with special status 2,967,360 [1]
 ? Density 3,299/km 2 (8,540/sq mi)
 ?  Metro
3,375,000 (2,013) [3] of the Kyiv metropolitan area
Demonym(s) Kyivan, [4] Kievan [5]
GDP (2017)
[6]
 ? Total US$ 26.29 billion
 ? Per capita US$ 8,970
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 ? Summer ( DST ) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
01xxx?04xxx
Area code +380 44
FIPS code UP12
Vehicle registration plate AA, KA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, К?, KT)
Website kyivcity.gov.ua

Kyiv or Kiev [a] ( Ukrainian : Ки?в ) is the capital and largest city in Ukraine . It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River . Almost three million people live there.

It is not a part of any oblast . However, it is surrounded by Kyiv Oblast , and is the headquarters of Kyiv Oblast.

The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final. Kyiv also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 .

Kyiv has a humid continental climate ( Dfb in the Koppen climate classification ).

Climate [ change | change source ]

Climate data for Kiev (1981?2010, extremes 1881?present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 11.1
(52.0) 		17.3
(63.1) 		22.4
(72.3) 		30.2
(86.4) 		33.6
(92.5) 		35.0
(95.0) 		39.4
(102.9) 		39.3
(102.7) 		33.8
(92.8) 		28.0
(82.4) 		23.2
(73.8) 		14.7
(58.5) 		39.4
(102.9)
Average high °C (°F) ?0.9
(30.4) 		0.0
(32.0) 		5.6
(42.1) 		14.0
(57.2) 		20.7
(69.3) 		23.5
(74.3) 		25.6
(78.1) 		24.9
(76.8) 		19.0
(66.2) 		12.5
(54.5) 		4.9
(40.8) 		0.0
(32.0) 		12.5
(54.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) ?3.5
(25.7) 		?3
(27) 		1.8
(35.2) 		9.3
(48.7) 		15.5
(59.9) 		18.5
(65.3) 		20.5
(68.9) 		19.7
(67.5) 		14.2
(57.6) 		8.4
(47.1) 		1.9
(35.4) 		?2.3
(27.9) 		8.4
(47.1)
Average low °C (°F) ?5.8
(21.6) 		?5.7
(21.7) 		?1.4
(29.5) 		5.1
(41.2) 		10.8
(51.4) 		14.2
(57.6) 		16.1
(61.0) 		15.2
(59.4) 		10.2
(50.4) 		4.9
(40.8) 		0.0
(32.0) 		?4.6
(23.7) 		4.9
(40.8)
Record low °C (°F) ?32.9
(?27.2) 		?32.2
(?26.0) 		?24.9
(?12.8) 		?10.4
(13.3) 		?2.4
(27.7) 		2.4
(36.3) 		5.8
(42.4) 		3.3
(37.9) 		?2.9
(26.8) 		?17.8
(0.0) 		?21.9
(?7.4) 		?30.0
(?22.0) 		?32.9
(?27.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 36
(1.4) 		39
(1.5) 		37
(1.5) 		46
(1.8) 		57
(2.2) 		82
(3.2) 		71
(2.8) 		60
(2.4) 		57
(2.2) 		41
(1.6) 		50
(2.0) 		45
(1.8) 		621
(24.4)
Average rainy days 8 7 9 13 14 15 14 11 14 12 12 9 138
Average snowy days 17 17 10 2 0.2 0 0 0 0.03 2 9 16 73
Average relative humidity (%) 83 80 74 64 62 67 68 67 74 77 85 86 74
Mean monthly sunshine hours 42 64 112 162 257 273 287 252 189 123 51 31 1,843
Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net, [10] Central Observatory for Geophysics (extremes) [11] [12]
Source 2: Danish Meteorological Institute (sun, 1931?1960) [13]


Notable people [ change | change source ]

References [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ "Чисельн?сть наявного населення Укра?ни (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine . Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020 . Retrieved 30 September 2020 .
  2. ↑ Oksana Lyachynska (31 May 2012). "Kyiv's 1,530th birthday marked with fun, protest" . Kyiv Post .
  3. ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World" . Citypopulation.de. 1 April 2013 . Retrieved 1 September 2013 .
  4. ↑ kyivan, Wiktionary.com (28 November 2017)
  5. ↑ kievan. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged , retrieved 29 May 2013 from Dictionary.com
  6. ↑ "Головне управл?ння статистики м.Ки?ва - Статистична ?нформац?я" .
  7. ↑ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter ; Setter, Jane ; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-15255-6 .
  8. ↑ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN   978-1-4058-8118-0 .
  9. ↑ Zraick, Karen (13 November 2019). "Wait, How Do You Pronounce Kiev?" . The New York Times . Retrieved 22 November 2019 .
  10. ↑ "Weather and Climate ? The Climate of Kiev" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат) . Retrieved 1 March 2013 .
  11. ↑ "Кл?матичн? дан? по м.Ки?ву" (in Ukrainian). Central Observatory for Geophysics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018 . Retrieved 4 August 2016 .
  12. ↑ "Кл?матичн? рекорди" (in Ukrainian). Central Observatory for Geophysics. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016 . Retrieved 4 August 2016 .
  13. ↑ Cappelen, John; Jensen, Jens. "Ukraine ? Kiev" (PDF) . Climate Data for Selected Stations (1931?1960) (in Danish). Danish Meteorological Institute. p. 332. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013 . Retrieved 1 April 2016 .

Notes

  1. ↑ English: / ? k iː ? v , - ? f , k iː ? ? v , - ? ? f / KEE -ev, -⁠ef, kee- EV , -⁠ EF , [7] [8] US also / k iː v / KEEV . [9] Ukrainian:  [?k?jiu?] ( audio speaker iconlisten ) . Russian:  [?k?i(j)?f] .




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