Dniprovskyi District, Kyiv

The Dniprovskyi District^[a] is an urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.^[3] It is named after the Dnipro River and is located on its left-bank.^[1]

Dniprovskyi District Дніпровський район
Urban district in Kyiv
View of the left-bank Kyiv and the Dnipro River. Background high-rise buildings in the right are in the Dniprovskyi Raion.
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Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E
Country	Ukraine
Municipality	Kyiv Municipality
Established	23 May 1969
Government
• Governor	Ihor Shcherbak
Area [1]
• Total	67 km2 (26 sq mi)
Population  (01.01.2021)[1]
• Total	357 900
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	02094
Area code	+380 44
KOATUU code	8036600000[2]
Metro stations	Hydropark, Livoberezhna, Darnytsia, Chernihivska
Website	dnipr.kyivcity.gov.ua

Geography

The Dniprovskyi District's area consists of a total of 67 km² (26 sq mi), which is approximately 8 percent of the city's total area.^[1]

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:^[4]

Language	Number	Percentage
Ukrainian	236 342	71.90%
Russian	89 082	27.10%
Other[b]	3 301	1.00%
Total	328 725	100.00%

History

On 23 May 1969, the Dniprovskyi District was established out of a portion of the city's Darnytskyi District based on a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.^[5]

See also

• Subdivisions of Kyiv

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Дніпровський район, romanized: Dniprovskyi raion
2. Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population.