Dnepr Economic Region
The Dnepr Economic Region ( Ukrainian Придніпровський економічний район ) is an economic and planning region of Ukraine . It includes the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and the Zaporizhia Oblast . The region generates about 16% of the Ukrainian GDP . The region has a tricentric structure around the large agglomerations of Dnipro , Zaporizhia and Kryvyi Rih .
geography
location
The region is located in the south-east of Ukraine and includes the penultimate section of the Dnieper before it flows into the Black Sea and lies entirely on the Ukrainian part of the Eurasian steppe .
The Dnieper economic region borders on the north-east economic regions in the north, central Ukraine in the north-west, Donetsk in the east and the Black Sea economic region in the south-east and the Sea of Azov in the south.
Landscaped the area adjacent to the Donets Basin in the east to the Dnieper Upland in the northwest, the Dnieper Lowland in the northeast, to the Black Sea sink (Ukrainian Причорноморська низовина ) in the southwest and the Azov Highlands and the behind located Azov Sea in the south and southeast.
economy
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In terms of gross regional product, the region's oblasts are among the richest in Ukraine, with a BRP of US $ 5298 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and US $ 3472 in Zaporizhia Oblast. The moderate continental climate, supplemented by the mineral-rich black earth, has strongly promoted agricultural development. Rich resource deposits within the region as well as the proximity to the Donets Basin have led to the development of metallurgy , steel industry , mechanical engineering and other electricity-intensive industries. Near and within the economic region is a large proportion of lignite reserves in Dneprbecken (Ukrainian Дніпровський буровугільний басейн ), 80% of Ukrainian iron ore in the iron ore area Bilozerski (Ukrainian Білозерський залізорудний район ) and kryvbas , 25% of the coal in the western part of the Donbas ( extreme eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) as well as large parts of manganese reserves and production in Ukraine Nikopolsker Manga pool to Nikopol (Ukrainian Нікопольський марганцевий басейн ). In the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast alone, 40 different types of raw materials are mined, including uranium (mainly around Schowti Vody ) and non-ferrous metals . there are deposits of rare minerals such as anduoite , kaolin , rutile and zirconium . The non-ferrous metallurgy is with the aluminum - titanium and - magnesium industry available in and around Saporischschja. There is a strong chemical industry.
population
Around 5,496,800 million people live in the economic region (as of 2001), with an average population density of 92.92 inhabitants / km². The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast accounts for 3,567,600 million people, which corresponds to a population density of 112 inhabitants / km². The Zaporizhia Oblast has 1,929,200 inhabitants with a population density of 71 inhabitants / km². In 2001 the economic region was home to around 11% of the total population of Ukraine, with a population density of around 13 inhabitants / km² higher than that of the whole of Ukraine.
Cities
Below are the 15 largest cities in the Dnepr Economic Region.
|
City (Russian name in brackets if different) |
Oblast | Ukrainian name | Russian name | Resident January 1, 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnipro (Dnepr) | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Дніпропетровськ | Днепропетровск | 1,047,347 |
| Zaporozhye (Zaporozhye) | Zaporizhia Oblast | Запоріжжя | Запорожье | 794.687 |
| Kryvyi Rih (Krivoy Rog) | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Кривий Ріг | Кривой Рог | 692.181 |
| Kamjanske (Kamenskoje) | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Кам'янське | Каменское | 247.821 |
| Melitopol | Zaporizhia Oblast | Мелітополь | Мелитополь | 158,883 |
| Nikopol | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Нікополь | Никополь | 130.396 |
| Berdyansk | Zaporizhia Oblast | Бердянськ | Бердянск | 118,707 |
| Pavlohrad (Pavlograd) | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Павлоград | Павлоград | 112,594 |
| Novomoskovsk | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Новомосковськ | Новомосковск | 70.196 |
| Enerhodar (Energodar) | Zaporizhia Oblast | Енергодар | Энергодар | 54,402 |
| Schowti Wody (Scholtije Wody) | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Жовті Води | Жёлтые Воды | 50,201 |
| Marhanez (Marganez) | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Марганець | Марганец | 48,723 |
| Pokrov | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Орджонікідзе | Орджоникидзе | 42,841 |
| Tokmak | Zaporizhia Oblast | Токмак | Токмак | 34,471 |
| Terniwka (Ternowka) | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Тернівка | Терновка | 29,136 |
Transport and infrastructure
Air traffic
The region has 4 airports, Dnipropetrovsk Airport and Kryvyi Rih Airport in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Zaporizhia and Berdyansk Airports in Zaporizhia Oblast. This brings the region to around 500,000 million air travelers a year.
Train traffic
The region’s railways are operated by Prydniprowska Salisnyzja with its three directorates in Dnipro, Krywiyj Rih and Zaporizhia, and Prydniprowska Salisnyzja also operates rail traffic in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea with its headquarters in Simferopol and parts of the surrounding oblasts.
Ports
The region has three ports, two inland ports in Dnipround Zaporizhia and a seaport in Berdyansk on the Azov Sea.
Long-distance transport
The three European highways run through the region - it runs right through Dnipropetrovsk Oblast , which runs mainly on the Sea of Azov in the Zaporizhia Oblast, and which crosses the E50 near Dnipro and continues south through Zaporizhia towards Crimea .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Придніпровський економічний район. Retrieved October 11, 2014 (Ukrainian).
- ↑ a b § 39. Придніпровський економічний район. In: ukrmap.su. Retrieved October 11, 2014 (Ukrainian).
- ↑ Рельеф степной зоны Украины. Retrieved October 11, 2014 (Ukrainian, article on steppe zones in Ukraine with maps).
- ↑ Topographic map of Ukraine. ukrmap.su, October 4, 2012, accessed October 11, 2014 (Ukrainian).
- ↑ Валовий регіональний продукт. In: Ukrainian Statistics Office (Ukrainian Держстат України ). ukrstat.gov.ua, July 15, 2014, accessed on October 11, 2014 (Ukrainian, the specification in dollars comes from List of Ukrainian subdivision by GDP per capita ).
- ^ Richard M. Levine: The mineral Industry of Ukraine. (pdf; 52 kB) In: The Mineral Institute of Ukraine. January 8, 1997, accessed October 11, 2014 (Ukrainian).
- ^ Richard M. Levine: The mineral Industry of Ukraine. (pdf; 173 kB) In: The Mineral Institute of Ukraine. March 29, 2001, accessed October 11, 2014 (Ukrainian).
- ^ All-Ukrainian population census' 2001. Regions of Ukraine. In: State Statistics Committee of Ukraine ( Ukrainian Державний комітет статистики України ). Retrieved October 6, 2014 (English, Russian, unknown language, Ukrainian, calculation of the population density based on the data given there under the oblasts of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia).
- ↑ Population by city in Ukraine. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved October 6, 2014 (Ukrainian, Unknown Language, Transcribed, Ukrainian).
