Ukraine Geography

Country Name: Ukraine

Capital City: Kiev (Kyyiv)

Population: 46,710,816 (2006)

Population Growth: -0.6% (2006)

Currency: hryvnia (UAH)

Languages: Ukrainian

Area: 603,700 sq km

Inflation Rate: 11.6% (2006)

Unemployment Rate: 2.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is 6.7% (2006)

Domain extension: .ua

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF UKRAINE

Location:

Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east

Geographic Co-ordinates:

49 00 N, 32 00 E

Area - total:

603,700 sq km

Area - total:

603,700 sq km

Area - land:

603,700 sq km

Area - water:

0 sq km

Land Boundaries:

4,663 km

Border Countries:

Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km

Terrain:

most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south

Elevation - highest point:

Hora Hoverla 2,061 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Black Sea 0 m

Natural Resources:

iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land

Arable Land:

53.80%

Permanent Crops:

1.50%

Other Land Use:

44.7% (2005)

Natural Hazards: