Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovs’k – in Ukrainian, or simply Dnieper, as it is called by the local town dwellers) is in the middle course of the river Dnieper in the central part of Ukraine. Its population is 1,016 million (June, 2009).
The center of Dnepropetrovsk agglomeration (Dnepropetrovsk, Dneprodzerzhynsk, Novomoskovsk, Podgorodnoye) makes more than 1,3 million inhabitants. It is one of the most beautiful cities of Ukraine.