ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code: UA

Technical information about ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code UA

Below, you can find technical information regarding the UA code, which represents Ukraine within the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard.

General Information
Essential identifiers, names, and flag.
Country Code
UA
Related Codes
UKR804
Official Name (Native)
Україна (Ukrainian)
Common Name
Ukraine
Common Name (Native)
Україна (Ukrainian)
Flag
Geography
Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Europe
Area
603,700 km²
Country Bounds
N: 52.3694, S: 44.3904, W: 22.1289, E: 40.2074
Landlocked
No
Coordinates of Capital
Kyiv (50.45, 30.523611)
Terrain
mostly fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, with mountains found only in the west (the Carpathians) or in the extreme south of the Crimean Peninsula
Climate
temperate continentalMediterranean only on the southern Crimean coastprecipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeastwinters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inlandwarm summers across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
Border Countries
Belarus 1,111 kmHungary 128 kmMoldova 1,202 kmPoland 498 kmRomania 601 kmRussia 1,944 km, Slovakia 97 km
Administrative & Political
Essential political and administrative details.
Capital
Kyiv
Government Type
Republic
Established
1991
Driving Side
Right
Time zone
UTC +2 hours (During Daylight Saving Time, it shifts to UTC +3 hours)
Population & Society
Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
Population
44,622,516
Population Density
77.03 people/km²
Urban Areas
AleksandriyaAleksandrovkaAlekseyevo-DruzhkovkaAlupkaAlushtaBabinBarashivkaBaryshivkaBelayaBerdychiv
Nationality
Noun: Ukrainian(s) Adjective: Ukrainian
Distribution
densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; notable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa
Official Language
Other Language
Literacy Rate
100%
Religions
Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU)Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC)and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP))Ukrainian Greek CatholicRoman CatholicProtestantMuslimJewish (2013 est.)
National Symbols
National anthem, symbols, and other important cultural identifiers.
National Anthem
"Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" (Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished)
National Holiday
Independence Day, 24 August (1991); note - 22 January 1918, the day Ukraine first declared its independence from Soviet Russia, and the date the short-lived Western and Greater (Eastern) Ukrainian republics united (1919), is now celebrated as Unity Day
National Symbols
tryzub (trident), sunflower
National Colors
blue, yellow
National Dish
Borscht, Varenyky
Economy
Currency, GDP, and other key economic information.
Currency
UAH Ukrainian Hryvnia ()
GDP
$560.111 billion (2023 est.)
Measurement Units
Metric Meter (m), Kilogram (kg), Liter (L), Celsius (°C)
Infrastructure
Important identifiers for connectivity and commerce.
Internet TLD
.ua
Calling Code
+380
Barcode Prefix
482

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, bordered by the Black Sea to the south and neighboring Poland, Romania, and Moldova to the west, while sharing its eastern border with Russia.

*The map highlights the location of Ukraine.

Related locale codes

ru-UA Russian (Ukraine)

uk-UA Ukrainian (Ukraine)

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