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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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