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Дніпропетровськ (Dnipropetrovs'k)

Дніпропетровськ (Dnipropetrovs'k), formerly Днепропетровск (Dnepropetrovsk), sits on both banks of the Dnipro River in east central Україна (Ukrayina). The city has a metropolitan population of over 1.4 million.1 It was a center of military and space science industries in the former Soviet Union.

The tallest buildings in 2012 are the 28 story East And Wet residential towers.2

YearPopulationPolitical entity
2000 CE1,065,0003Україна (Ukrayina)

External references

central bridge over the Dnipro, Dnipropetrovs'k

Historical maps

map showing Ukrayina,2000 CE

Footnotes

1. World-gazetteer.com, accessed 8/2/2012.
2. Emporis.com, accessed 11/8/2012, is the source of information about buildings.
3. Rounded from world-gazeteer.com, 2001 census (city proper), accessed 11/10/2012.