QUICK FACTS ABOUT UKRAINE

 

 
Capital of Ukraine: Kyiv

 

Population of Ukraine:

 

46.119 million

 

Official Language:

 

Ukrainian

 

Currency:

 

Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) = 100 Kopeks                      

(1 USD$=7.62 UAH as of May 25, 2009)

 

Type of State:

 

Type of Government:

 

Republic

 

Parliamentary democracy.  Unicameral with a 450-seat Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada).  Prime Minister and Cabinet appointed by the President subject to the approval of the Supreme Council.

Administrative divisions: 24 regions (oblast), 1 Autonomous Republic (Crimea), and 2 municipalities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol).

 

Head of State:

 

Head of Government:

 

Elections:

 

 

President Victor Yushchenko

 

Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko

 

 

President (5 year term): next in 2009. Supreme Council members (4 year terms): last election on September 30, 2007

 

Ukraine Country Phone Code:

 380

 

Time:

 

GMT/UTC + 2 hours. Eastern European Time.

 

Electricity:

 

220V, 50Hz. Standard European electric jacks

 

 

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Coat of arms of Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Ukrainian Flag

 

 

Shche Ne Vmerla Ukrayiny i slava i volya
(translated as "Ukraine’s glory has not yet perished, not her freedom")

 

 

August 24, Independence Day (1991)

 

 

 

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