Location: Kharkiv
Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Country: Ukraine
Oblast: Kharkiv Oblast
Municipality: Kharkiv City Municipality
Founded: 1654
Districts: List of 9
Shevchenkivskyi Raion
Novobavarskyi Raion
Kyivskyi Raion
Slobidskyi Raion
Holodnohirskyi Raion
Moskovskyi Raion
Nemyshlianskyi Raion
Industrialnyi Raion
Osnovianskyi Raion
Government• Mayor: Hennadiy Kernes
• MPs:: Oleksandr Feldman
Anatoliy Denisenko
Volodymyr Mysyk
Vitaliy Khomutynnik
Dmytro Svyatash
Oleksandr Kirsch (PF)
Valery Pisarenko
Area• City of regional significance: 350 km (140 sq mi)
Elevation: 152 m (499 ft)
Population (2014)• City of regional significance: 1,439,036
• Density: 4,500/km (12,000/sq mi)
• Metro: 1,732,400
Demonym(s): Kharkivite
Time zone: EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST): EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code: 61001—61499
Licence plate: ХА, 21 (old)
Sister cities: Belgorod, Bologna, Cincinnati, Kaunas, Lille, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Nuremberg, Poznań, St. Petersburg, Tianjin, Jinan, Kutaisi, Varna, Rishon LeZion, Brno, Daugavpils
Website: city.kharkov.ua/en/
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Also commonly spelled Kharkov, Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second-largest city, and with about a million and a half people, and a main cultural, educational and industrial city for the country. Founded in the 17th century, the city is in Ukraine’s northeast (not far from the Russian border) and served briefly as its capital in the early 20th century, after it became a Soviet republic. Kharkiv’s top attractions include its zoo, its history museum, Freedom (Svoboda) Square and the Holy Shroud Cathedral.
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