| Official name: |
Ukraine
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| Capital: |
Kiev (Kyyiv)
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| Area: |
total: 603,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 603,700 sq km
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| Climate: |
temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
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| Location: |
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia
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| Geographic coordinates: |
49 00 N, 32 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly smaller than Texas
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 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
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| Coastline: |
2,782 km
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| 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
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
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