The Kyiv metropolitan area () is an unofficially designated

urban agglomeration An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

within the outer boundary of

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special sta ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. It consists of the country's capital city of

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

(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: as of July 2013; ** as of the 2001 Ukrainian census ** at least 3.5 million, according to the 2007 estimates based on the amount of

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products sold in the city (thus including temporary visitors and commuters) * Suburban population: (out of the total population of the

outside the Kyiv City) * Total area: 13,534 km². * Population density: 268,4 people/km².

Economy

In 2021, Kyiv metropolitan area had a

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of around ₴1.568 trillion ( €40.6 billion) of which ₴1.276 trillion (€33 billion) was Kyiv city.

Transport

The area has a highly developed railway and road infrastructure, being linked to Kyiv through the suburban railways, buses and minibuses. The Kyiv metropolitan area is served by two international passenger airports: Boryspil Airport and Kyiv (Zhuliany) Airport; there are also the Hostomel cargo airport and an additional three operating

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s facilitating airplane manufacturing and

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References

External links

* 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. {{coord missing, Ukraine Metropoliten area Geography of Kyiv Oblast Metropolitan areas of Ukraine Economy of Kyiv Economy of Kyiv Oblast