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*General Information about Ukraine*

=__Location__ = toc

Ukraine is located in East Europe. It is surrounded by Russia to the west, Belarus to the north-west, Slovakia to the west, Moldova to the south-west, and the Black Sea to the south. Refer to the map below.



=**__Population__ **= Ukraine's population in the year 2009 was 46,008,406 people. That compares to 305,529,237 people in the United States in the year 2009. ([|Google Public Data]).

=__Flag__ = The flag has two horizontal stripes, blue on the top stripe and yellow on the bottom stripe. Blue and yellow symbolizes the colors of the sky, mountains, streams, and golden wheat fields. Then, when Christianity was accepted in Ukraine, blue and yellow were also incorporated into church symbolism. The flag was officially adopted by the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918, but was used for many years prior.  ( [|Wikipedia]).



=**__Language__ **= The people of Ukraine speak the official state language of Ukranian. It is a subset of the Slavic and Indo European languages. Although Ukrainian is the official state language, more people use Russian in day to day communications. The alphabet they use is called Cyrillic. This is pictured below.

=__Major Exports__ = Ukraine has a well-developed industrial base and rich farmlands. The country also has a lot of mineral resources which are used locally and for exports. The main exports from Ukraine are **ferrous and nonferrous metals**, **chemicals**, **machinery**, **fuel and petroleum products**, **transport equipment** and **food products**. Currently the country's gross domestic product is an estimated 81.4 billion. Some 34.29 billion was made from Ukrainian exports last year! Currently Ukraine’s main export partners are Russia, Germany, Turkey, Italy and the USA. ([|Ukraine Channel])

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