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Kryvyi Rih

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Also known as Kryvyy Rih, Krivoy Rog, Криви́й Ріг, Кривой Рог

city of regional significance in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine

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Kryvyi Rih is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast region of central Ukraine that holds regional importance. It serves as a significant urban center in its area, though specific details about its economy, population, or historical role are not provided here.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
linear city
Official name
Кривий Ріг
Located in
Kryvyi Rih urban hromada
Population
603904
Area
410
Elevation
84
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Head of government
Yurii Vilkul
Capital of
Kryvyi Rih urban hromada
Shares border with
Kryvyi Rih Raion
Official website
kr.gov.ua
Image
Kryvyi Rih Old Town.jpg
Dialing code
0564
Licence plate code
КЕ / 04
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category for people born here
Category:Births in Kryvyi Rih
twinned administrative body
Espoo
Commons gallery
Кривий Ріг
Commons category
Kryvyi Rih
topic's main category
Category:Kryvyi Rih
postal code
50000–50479
category of associated people
Category:People from Kryvyi Rih
inception
1775-04-27
located in/on physical feature
Kryvbas
native label
Кривий Ріг
time of earliest written record
1775-04-27
different from
Kryvyi Rih
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview

Kryvyi Rih is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region. Its population is estimated at 603,904 (2022 estimate), making it the seventh-most populous city in Ukraine and the second largest by area. Kryvyi Rih is claimed to be the longest city in Europe.

Located at the confluence of the Saksahan and Inhulets rivers, Kryvyi Rih was founded as a military staging post in 1775. Urban-industrial growth followed Belgian, French and British investment in the exploitation of the area's rich iron-ore deposits, generally called Kryvbas, in the 1880s. Kryvyi Rih gained city status in 1919.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kryvyi Rih” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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