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Sevastopol
Sevastopol City, Ukraine · Europe
About Sevastopol
Sevastopol sits on the route: 15 minutes from Komyshova Bukhta.
Sevastopol is in Sevastopol City, Ukraine, with about 550,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Komyshova Bukhta, about 7 km away.
Sevastopol ( SEV-ə-STOH-pəl, sə-VAS-tə-pohl), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base throughout its history. Since the city's foundingRead more
by Catherine the Great in 1783, it has been a major base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet. During the Cold War of the 20th century, it was a closed city. The total administrative area is 864 square kilometres (334 sq mi) and includes a significant amount of rural land. The urban population, largely concentrated around Sevastopol Bay, is 479,394, and the total population is 547,820.
Sevastopol, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and under the Ukrainian legal framework, it is administratively one of two cities with special status (the other being Kyiv). However, it has been occupied by Russia since 27 February 2014, before Russia annexed Crimea on 18 March 2014 and gave it the status of a federal city of Russia. Both Ukraine and Russia consider the city administratively separate from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Republic of Crimea, respectively. The city's population has an ethnic Russian majority and a substantial minority of Ukrainians.
Sevastopol's unique naval and maritime features have been the basis for a robust economy. The city enjoys mild winters and moderately warm summers, characteristics that help make it a popular seaside resort and tourist destination, mainly for visitors from the former Soviet republics. The city is also an important centre for marine biology research. In particular, the military has studied and trained dolphins in the city for military use since the 1960s.
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Sevastopol is in Sevastopol City, Ukraine, about 7 km from Komyshova Bukhta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 547,820
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Ukraine
- Region
- Sevastopol City
- Timezone
- Europe/Simferopol
- Coordinates
- 44.6080, 33.5213
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