Yuzhnoukrainsk
Juschnoukrajinsk (Ukrainian Южноукраїнськ; Russian Южноукраинск / Yuzhnoukrainsk ) is a Ukrainian city with 40 206 inhabitants ( 2013). Juschnoukrajinsk was founded in 1975 and has the status of an independent city since 1987.
The city is located about 400 km south of Kiev Oblast Mykolaiv and has a connection to the expressway network. In the south of the town is the nuclear power plant south Ukraine. The city belongs to the community of four satellite cities (cities that have been built in the vicinity of nuclear power plants ). The Mayor of Juschnoukrajinsk has chaired the Community of satellite cities.
In total Ukrainian cities ranking occupied (2004 ) Juschnoukrajinsk the 7th Place.
Geography
Juschnoukrajinsk is located on the Southern Bug in the Ukrainian steppe. In the vicinity there are important economic centers such as Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kirovograd and Krivoy Rog. At a distance of 100 km has an airport and a seaport. The total area of the city is 24.4 km ². The city has 14,400 apartments with a total area of 770 988 m².
Population
For the first of January 2000, there were in the city 4934 pensioners and 12,387 children. In the city of eleven nationalities are represented, including 66 % Ukrainians, 31 % Russians, 3% other ( Belarusians, Moldovans, Bulgarians and others). The average age of the population is 30.6 years (as of January 2000).
Demography
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Economy
The city has by its proximity to the nuclear power plant not only promising development opportunities in energy, but also due to the geographical conditions, a high potential for tourism. The nearby river with its steep rocky shores offers excellent opportunities for climbing and the slow flow of the river provides water for the athletes optimal conditions
When nuclear power plant workers are employed directly in 2600. Other 5200 work in the areas that are the nuclear power plant directly affiliated. January 1, 2003 273 companies were registered in the city; 160 of these were private companies, 25 joint-stock companies, 52 cooperatives, 16 state-owned enterprises, three holding companies and ten subsidiaries.
Furthermore, in the city of five banks are represented by their branches, the Prominvestbank of Ukraine and the BIG -Energia Bank are just two of them. Two more stores are scheduled to open in the near future.
The city has a balanced city budget and about 8.2 million hryvnia (about 1.5 million U.S. dollars, as of February 2004) is a net contributor to the Treasury.
Internet, telecommunications, mass media
The city is connected to a public telecommunications network. 9,000 apartments have a connection. Four Internet provider, a provider of radio reception and three providers of mobile networks supply the city.
Juschnoukrajinsk has a cable network with 22 channels, which counts 10,000 subscribers.
Trade
The trade, particularly the wholesale business is very strongly developed. There are 31 grocery stores and 23 commodities dealer. In the city there are two wholesale markets.
Medicine
In the city there are three clinics: each a child and an adult clinic, and a hospital with 250 inpatient places. In development is the private health care. For the support of the urban health medical insurance for all employees of the nuclear power plant and their families has been introduced into Juschnoukrajinsk.