Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, Romania, Moldova (including the breakaway Pridnestrovie). The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
At 603,700 sq kilometers (233,074 sq mi) and with a coastline of 2,782 kilometers (1,729 mi), Ukraine is the world's 44th-largest country (after the Central African Republic, before Madagascar). It is the second largest country in Europe (after the European part of Russia, before metropolitan France).
Internet usage
5,545,000 Internet users as of Aug/07, 12.1% penetration, according to ITU.
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Year |
Users |
% Pop. |
Usage Source |
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2000 |
200,000 |
0.4 % |
ITU |
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2006 |
5,278,100 |
11.5 % |
C.I.Almanac |
Political life facts
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Ukraine is a unitary state composed of 24 oblasts (provinces), one autonomous republic (Crimea), and two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement.
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Ukraine is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
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Ukraine has a large number of political parties, many of which have tiny memberships and are unknown to the general public. Small parties often join in multi-party coalitions (electoral blocs) for the purpose of participating in parliamentary elections.
Economical facts
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Currency: hryvnias (UAH). Exchange rate (period average): 8.04 UAN/U.S. $1 in 2008
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Ukraine's 2007 GDP (PPP), as calculated by the IMF, is ranked 29th in the world and estimated at $399.866 billion. Its GDP per capita in 2007 according to the IMF was 6968$ (in PPP terms), ranked 92th in the world. Nominal GDP (in U.S. dollars, calculated at market exchange rate) was $140.5 billion, ranked 41st in the world.
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By July 2008 the average nominal salary in Ukraine reached 1,930 hryvnias per month. Despite remaining lower than in neighboring central European countries, the salary income growth in 2008 stood at 36.8 percent
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According to the UNDP in 2003 4.9 percent of the Ukrainian population lived under 2 US dollar a day and 19.5 percent (UNDP figures) of the population lived below the national poverty line that same year.
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The World Bank classifies Ukraine as a middle-income state.
