AIM Field: Mariupol, Ukraine
AIM Field: Mariupol, Ukraine
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People
- Population: 48,760,474 (July 2001 est.)
- Population of Mariupol: 520,000 (1989)**
- Population growth rate: -0.78% (2001 est.)
- Ethnic groups: Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%, Jewish 1%, other 4%
- Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish
- Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
- Literacy: 98%
Geography
- Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia
- Area: 603,700 sq km
- Area (comparative): Slightly smaller than Texas
- 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
Government
- Conventional Long Name: none
- Conventional Short Name: Ukraine
- Capital: Kiev
- Government Type: Republic
*Except where indicated, source is World Factbook.
**Source: Columbia Encyclopedia.
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