General Information Capital:Kiev Area:603,700 sq m Population:46,481,000 Electricity:220 volts AC, 50Hz IDD:+380 Timezone:GMT +2 Hrs (all year)
Language Language: 67% Ukrainian (official). It is still widely spoken in western and central Ukraine, although Russian is spoken by virtually everyone as a second language. Russian is the main language spoken in Kiev, eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities).
Government Government: Republic. Gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991
Business Hours Business hours: Mon-Fri: 09.00-18.00
Speed Limit Speed Limit: Cities:60 km/h, Outside cities:90/120 km/h
Traffic Traffic: Traffic drives on the right. Minimum age 18 years.
Driving License Driving License: International license
Climate Climate: Temperate continental; similar to Mediterranean on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea coast to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
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