Kyiv City

Kyiv is the capital of , as well as the country's largest and most vibrant city. It is a city where the golden domes of Orthodox cathedrals sit amidst royal palaces and the grey concrete of Soviet Brutalist buildings.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Sophia Cathedral and Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex.

Church
Photo: Rbrechko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in , Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kyivan Rus'. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex.

Sports venue
Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.
The Olympic Stadium is a multi-use sports and recreation facility in , Ukraine, located on the slopes of the city's central , .

Photo: Romankravchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
House with Chimaeras or Horodetsky House is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic neighborhood of , the capital of Ukraine. Situated across the street from the President of Ukraine's office at No.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Obolon and Podil.

Suburb
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is a historical locality which includes a residential area, along with an industrial park within 's capital that is located on its northern side, in an eponymous city district - the . is situated 7 km north of Kyiv City.

Suburb
or Podol, also known in English as the Lower City, is a historic neighborhood in , the capital of . It is located on a floodplain terrace over the between the Kyiv Hills and the lower stream of Pochaina River.

Kyiv City

Latitude
50.45° or 50° 27′ north
Longitude
30.5333° or 30° 32′ east
Population
2,850,000
Elevation
183 metres (600 feet)
Open location code
9G2GCGXM+X8
Geo­Names ID
703447
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Kyiv City” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ከተማ ኪየቭ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kyiv Şəhəri”
  • Bengali: “কিয়েভ শহর”
  • French: “Municipalité de Kiev”
  • German: “Stadt Kiew”
  • Hausa: “Garin Kyiv”
  • Japanese: “キイウ市”
  • Javanese: “Kota Kyiv”
  • Kazakh: “Киев қаласы”
  • Kirghiz: “Киев Шаары”
  • Malay: “Bandar Kyiv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Misto Kyiv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Misto Kyiv”
  • Oromo: “Magaalaa Kyiv”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਿਆਇਵ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
  • Persian: “شهر کیف”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Kyiv”
  • Pushto: “د کیف ښار”
  • Russian: “Киев”
  • Somali: “Magaalada Kyiv”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Kyiv”
  • Swahili: “Jiji la Kyiv”
  • Tajik: “Шаҳри Киев”
  • Tatar: “Киев шәһәре”
  • Ukrainian: “Misto Kyiv”
  • Ukrainian: “Місто Київ”
  • Uzbek: “Kyiv shahar”

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