Key Facts about Dnipro City

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About Dnipro:

Formerly referred to as Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro is a city of regional significance located in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in the eastern portion of Ukraine.
It covers an area of 409,718 sq. km and is situated along both the banks of the Dnieper River, close to its meeting point with the Samara River.
- The city center stands on the right bank, which forms a part of the Dnieper Upland, while the left bank forms a part of the Dnieper Lowland.
It is the country’s fourth-biggest city after the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa.
As of 2021, the city of Dnipro had a population of 980,948 inhabitants.
It is considered one of the principal industrial centers of Ukraine.
- The city hosts several facilities devoted to heavy industries producing various products, including launch vehicles, rolled metal, cast iron, machinery, agricultural equipment, different chemicals, etc.

Key Facts about Dnieper River:

It is the fourth-longest river in Europe (after the Volga, the Danube, and the Ural).
In Russian, the river’s name is Dnepr. In Ukrainian, it is Dnipro, and in Belarusian, it is Dnyapro.
Located in Eastern Europe, the Dnieper River and its tributaries drain much of Belarus and Ukraine.
Course:
- It originates in Russia, in the low Valday Hills, west of Moscow.
- It runs a total length of 1,368 miles through western Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea.
- It passes through numerous urban centers, such as the Russian cities of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, as well as Mogilevin Belarus and Kiev, Cherkasy, Dnipro, and Zaporizhia in Ukraine.
Historically, the river was an important barrier dividing Ukraine into right and left banks.
Tributaries: It has as many as 32,000 tributaries, including the Sozh, Desna, Trubizh, Bilozerka, Drut, Berezina, and Prypiat Rivers.