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UKRAINE
Ukraine, a state in South-Eastern Europe (the geographic centre of Europe is situated near the city of Rakhiv in Zakarpatska oblast), proclaimed ite independvnoe on Auguat 24, 1001 and confirmed this status on December 1 of the same year.
The territory of Ukraine is 603,700 square kilometres. The long-est distance from north to south is 893 kilometres, from eaet to west — 1,316 kilometres. The total length of boundaries is 6,500 kilometres.
The population of Ukraine is more than 62 million.
The territory of Ukraine consists of the Autonomy Republic of Crimea and 24 regions. The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv. The largest cities of Ukraine are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dn і propetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa, Lviv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Simferopol.
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