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Київ Kiev | |||
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| 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 | AD 482 (officially)[2] | ||
| City council | Kyiv City Council | ||
| Raions | List of 10
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor and Head of City State Administration | Vitali Klitschko | ||
| Area | |||
| • City with special status | 839 km2 (324 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) | ||
| Population (1 January 2020) | |||
| • City with special status | 2,967,360[1] | ||
| • Density | 3,299/km2 (8,540/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 3,375,000 (2,013)[3] of the Kyiv metropolitan area | ||
| GDP (2017) | |||
| • Total | US$26.29 billion | ||
| • Per capita | US$8,970 | ||
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | ||
| Postal code | 01xxx–04xxx | ||
| FIPS code | UP12 | ||
| Vehicle registration plate | AA, KA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, KT) | ||
| Website | kyivcity.gov.ua | ||
Kyiv or Kiev[a] (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine. Almost three million people live there.
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 Köppen climate classification).
Climate
| 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) |
17.3 (63.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.0 (95) |
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) |
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) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
−3.0 (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) |
15.2 (59.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
0.0 (32) |
-4.6 (23.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | -32.9 (-27.2) |
-32.2 (-26) |
-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) |
-21.9 (-7.4) |
-30.0 (-22) |
-32.9 (-27.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 36 (1.42) |
39 (1.54) |
37 (1.46) |
46 (1.81) |
57 (2.24) |
82 (3.23) |
71 (2.8) |
60 (2.36) |
57 (2.24) |
41 (1.61) |
50 (1.97) |
45 (1.77) |
621 (24.45) |
| % Humidity | 83 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 62 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 85 | 86 | 74 |
| Avg. rainy days | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 138 |
| Avg. snowy days | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 73 |
| 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
- Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer and playwright
- Victor Skumin, Russian professor, philosopher, writer, psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and medical doctor
References
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in uk). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2020/zb_chuselnist%202019.pdf.
- ↑ Oksana Lyachynska (31 May 2012). "Kyiv's 1,530th birthday marked with fun, protest". http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/about-kyiv/kyivs-1530th-birthday-marked-with-fun-protest-1-128618.html.
- ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. 1 April 2013. http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html.
- ↑ http://kyiv.ukrstat.gov.ua/p.php3?c=255
- ↑ kyivan, Wiktionary.com (28 November 2017)
- ↑ kievan. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged, retrieved 29 May 2013 from Dictionary.com
- ↑ Template:Cite EPD
- ↑ Template:Cite LPD
- ↑ Zraick, Karen (13 November 2019). "Wait, How Do You Pronounce Kiev?". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/politics/kiev-pronunciation.html. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "Weather and Climate – The Climate of Kiev" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). http://pogoda.ru.net/climate/33345.htm. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ↑ "Кліматичні дані по м.Києву" (in Ukrainian). Central Observatory for Geophysics. http://www.cgo.kiev.ua/index.php?fn=k_klimat&f=kyiv&p=1. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "Кліматичні рекорди" (in Ukrainian). Central Observatory for Geophysics. http://www.cgo.kiev.ua/index.php?dv=klimat-rekords/. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ Cappelen, John; Jensen, Jens. "Ukraine – Kiev" (in Danish). Climate Data for Selected Stations (1931–1960). Danish Meteorological Institute. p. 332. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130427173827/http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
Notes
- ↑ English /ˈkiːɛv-ɛfkiːˈɛv-ˈɛf/ kee-EV-,_--EF-,_-KEE-ev,[7][8] /kiːv/ keev.[9] Ukrainian: [ˈkɪjiu̯] (
listen). Russian: [ˈkʲi(j)ɪf].
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