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Dnipro

Also known as Yekaterinoslav, Dnipropetrovsk, Dnepr, Dnepropetróvsk, Novorossiysk, Sicheslav, Katerynoslav

Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is the administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. Dnipro has a population of

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Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, located in eastern Ukraine along the Dnipro River, and serves as the administrative center for Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. With approximately one million inhabitants, it is a major urban center in the country's eastern region.

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Settlement.footnotes: As of December 2025 the Dnipro City Council is consulting with experts to set a new official year of the city's foundation; since they believe 1776 "is a myth of imperial Russia", and that the city existed many years before 1776.
Settlement.official_name: Dnipro
Settlement.translit_lang1: Ukrainian
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Romanization
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Dnipro
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Dnipro.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120px
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Dnipro.svg
Settlement.shield_size: x100px
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: File:Логотип Дніпро.png
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Wordmark
Settlement.image_map: Dnipropetrovsk-Raion.png
Settlement.map_caption: Dnipro's location within Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast#Ukraine#Europe
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Dnipro in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast##Location of Dnipro in Ukraine##Location of Dnipro in Europe
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Dnyipropetrovszk
Population: 968502
Area: 405
Elevation: 155
Official website: dniprorada.gov.ua
Image: Collage of Dnipro city images.jpg
Dialing code: 562

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Commons category: Dnipro
postal code: 49000
inception: 1776-00-00
Commons gallery: Дніпро
native label: Дніпро
time of earliest written record: 1776-04-23
short name: Дніпро
P12749: Kingdom of Portugal

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Contents

Name
Current names
Former names
Name history
History
Early history
Imperial city
Establishment of Catherine's city
Disputed year of foundation
Growth as an industrial centre
The Jewish community and the 1905 pogrom
The Soviet era
War and revolution
Stalin-era industrialisation
Nazi occupation
Post-war closed city
Dissent and youth rebellion
The "Dnipropetrovsk Mafia"
Independent Ukraine
Euromaidan
2014 to 2022
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Government and politics
Government
Subdivisions
Politics
Geography
Climate
Cityscape
Demographics
Economy
Transport
Local transportation
Suburban transportation
Rail
Aviation
Water transportation
Education
Higher education
Culture
Attractions
Religion
Sports
Notable people
Sport
Twin towns – sister cities
Friendship cooperation cities
See also
Notes
References
Sources
External links

Archeological evidence suggests the site of the present city was settled by Cossack communities from at least 1524. Yekaterinoslav ("glory of Catherine") was established by decree of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative center of Novorossiya. From the end of the 19th century, the town attracted foreign capital and an international, multi-ethnic workforce exploiting Kryvbas iron ore and Donbas coal.