Kiev
capital and the largest city of Ukraine
Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine. Almost three million people live there.
Kyiv Київ (Kyiv) | |
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 From upper left: Golden Gate, Red University Building, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, St Andrew's Church, Berehynia on Maidan Nezalezhnosti and statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky | |
 Flag  Coat of arms  | |
  Kyiv Map of Ukraine with Kyiv highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E / 50.45000°N 30.52333°ECoordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E / 50.45000°N 30.52333°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Municipality | Kyiv City Municipality |
| Founded | 482 A.D. (officially)[2] |
| City council | Kyiv City Council |
| Raions | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor and Head of City State Administration | Vitali Klitschko |
| • MPs: | Boryslav Bereza Viktor Chumak (BPP) Andrei Illyenko (SV) Alexander Suprunenko Andriy Biletsky Volodymyr Ariev (BPP) Oleksandr Tretiakov (BPP) Vyacheslav Konstantinovskiy (PF) Leonid Yemets (PF) Dmytro Andrievsky (BPP) Yuri Levchenko (SV) |
| Area | |
| • City with special status | 839 km2 (324 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (15 July 2013) | |
| • City with special status | 2,847,200[1] |
| • Density | 3,299/km2 (8,540/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,375,000[3]of the Kyiv metropolitan area |
| Demonym(s) | Kievan[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 01xxx-04xxx |
| Area code(s) | +380 44 |
| License plate | AA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, KT) |
| Website | kievcity.gov.ua |
The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final. Also Kyiv will host Eurovision Song Contest in 2017
Kyiv has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
ClimateEdit
| 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,[5] Central Observatory for Geophysics (extremes)[6][7] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Danish Meteorological Institute (sun, 1931–1960)[8] | |||||||||||||
Notable peopleEdit
- Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer and playwright
- Victor Skumin, Russian professor, philosopher, writer, psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and medical doctor
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Соціально-економічне становище м.Києва: Січень–липень 2013 року". Department of Statistics, Kiev City State Administration. July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ "Kyiv's 1,530th birthday marked with fun, protest".
- ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ kievan. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged, retrieved 29 May 2013 from Dictionary.com
- ↑ "Weather and Climate – The Climate of Kiev" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ↑ "Кліматичні дані по м.Києву" (in Ukrainian). Central Observatory for Geophysics. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "Кліматичні рекорди" (in Ukrainian). Central Observatory for Geophysics. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ 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.
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