Kyiv metropolitan area
Київська агломерація
Urban area
Skyline of Kyiv
Skyline of Kyiv
Map of the administrative-territorial division of the Kyiv agglomeration
Map of the administrative-territorial division of the Kyiv agglomeration
Country Ukraine
Largest city Kyiv
Area
 • Metro
13,534 km2 (5,226 sq mi)
Population
[1]
 • Metro
3,475,000
 • Metro density255/km2 (660/sq mi)

The Kyiv metropolitan area (Ukrainian: Київська агломерація, romanized: Kyivska ahlomeratsiia) is an unofficially designated urban agglomeration within the outer boundary of Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine. It consists of the country's capital city of Kyiv (an enclave within the oblast), its satellite settlements and nearest rural areas closely bound to the city by employment and commerce. According to different sources, it is ranked among 20 largest metropolitan areas in Europe.

Area and population

  • Total population: censuses and estimates numbers vary from 3.375.000 (138 world rank) to 3,648,900 (some other sources bring 4,130,000 - 5,206,000);
  • Kyiv City proper population:
    • official: 2,847,200 as of July 2013;[2]
    • 2,611,300 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census
    • at least 3.5 million, according to the 2007 estimates based on the amount of bakery products sold in the city (thus including temporary visitors and commuters)[3]
  • Suburban population: 1,076,000[4]
  • Total area: 13,534 km².
  • Population density: 268,4 people/km².

Economy

In 2021, Kyiv metropolitan area had a Gross regional product of around ₴1.568 trillion (€40.6 billion) of which ₴1.276 trillion (€33 billion) was Kyiv city.[5]

Transport

Simplified map of the major railway lines in Kyiv Oblast.

The area has a highly developed railway and road infrastructure, being linked to Kyiv through the suburban railways, buses and minibuses.

Kyiv metropolitan area is served by two international passenger airports: Boryspil Airport and Kyiv (Zhuliany) Airport; there are also the Gostomel cargo airport and additional three operating airfields facilitating airplane manufacturing and general aviation.

Environment

According to the UN 2011 evaluation, there were no risks of natural disasters in the Kyiv metropolitan area.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de.
  2. ↑ "Соціально-економічне становище м.Києва: Січень–липень 2013 року". Department of Statistics, Kiev City State Administration. July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "There are up to 1.5 mln undercounted residents in Kiev". Korrespondent (in Russian). 15 June 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  4. ↑ (out of the 1,722,875 total population of the Kyiv Oblast outside the Kyiv City)
  5. ↑ https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2023/05/zb_vrp_2021.xlsx
  6. ↑ "Urban agglomerations with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2011 and types of natural risks". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  • Алфьоров М.А. Урбанізаційні процеси в Україні в 1945-1991 рр: Монографія/ М.А.Алфьоров – Донецьк: Донецьке відділення НТШ ім. Шевченка, ТОВ «Східний видавничий дім» 2012. – 552 с. (in Ukrainian)

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