Ukraine

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Capital: Kiev

Total Area (Sq. Miles): 233,091

Land Covered by Water: 7%

Time Zone: EET (UTC+2)

Climate: temperate continental; Mediterranean only 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 to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south

Approximate Population: 46,372,701

Official Language: Ukrainian

Religion: Non-religion or Secularism (Agnosticism, Atheism), Christianity, Islam, Judaism

Currency: Hryvnia

Most prevalent illnesses or diseases:

Tickborne Encephalitis, Traveler's Diarrhea, Cholera, E. coli (Escherichia coli), Hepatitis A, Typhoid Fever, Plague, Toxoplasmosis, HIV (see AIDS/HIV), Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Lyme Disease, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis

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