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Dnipro (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 48 27 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 48.4500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 59 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.9833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Grew with industrialization and development of railroads to Odessa, Donets Basin and Moscow 1880s; iron and steel products include castings, plates, sheets, rails, tubes and wire; also manufactures machinery, chemicals, tires, plastics, paint and clothes. |
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| Dnipro (preferred,C,V)
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| Dnepropetrovsk (C,V)
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............ | 1926-2016 |
| Dnipropetrovsk (C,V)
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| Dniepropetrovsk (C,V)
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| Dnipropetroves'k (C,V)
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| Yekaterinoslav (H,V)
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............ | 1783-1796; 1802-1926 |
| Jekaterinoslav (H,V)
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| Ekaterinoslav (H,V)
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| Novorossiysk (H,V)
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............ | 1796-1802 |
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Dnipro (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded on left bank of Dnepr river 1783; moved to current site 1786 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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