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Kramatorsk
Краматорськ
Coat of arms of Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk on the map of Ukraine
Kramatorsk on the map of Ukraine
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Founded1868
City status since1932
Area
 • City117.1 km2 (45.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • City173.7
 • Density583/km2 (1,510/sq mi)
 • Metro
203.1
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
84300-84390
Area code+380 626(4)
Websitehttp://www.krm.dn.ua/

Kramatorsk ([Краматорськ, Kramators'k] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a city in the eastern Ukraine within Donetsk Oblast. Its population about 200,000 people (arguably -including surrounding settlements under Kramatorsk City Council governing).

It is an important machinery building center of the region and Ukraine in general.

Demographics

Kramatorsk currently has a population of over 173,700 inhabitants (2008) and has a metropolitan area of over 203,100 inhabitants (2004).

The Russian language is dominant in Kramatorsk, 63.4% of citizens speak Russian, 36.0 % speak Ukrainian.

According to 2001 population census the actual nationality structure of Kramatorsk is as follows:

  1. Ukrainians: 70.2 %
  2. Russians: 26.9 %
  3. Belarusians: 0.7 %
  4. Armenians: 0.6 %
  5. Azerbaijanis: 0.2 %
  6. Jews: 0.1%