Yenakiieve

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Yenakiieve (Єнакієве)
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Coordinates: 48°23′N, 38°22′W
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk
Founded	1853
Area
- Town	39.2 km²  (15.1 sq mi)
Population (2001)
- Town	104,000

Yenakiieve (Ukrainian: Єнакієве; also Yenakiyeve; Russian: Енакиево; translit. Yenakiyevo) is a city in south-eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast, located on the Krynka river about 50km from the Donetsk Oblast capital, Donets'k. As of 2001, its population is 104,000.

The city is a center of coal mining, metallurgy, chemical production, and manufacturing.

[edit] History

Yenakiieve was founded in 1853, its coal mines being established in 1883, and the city being incorporated in 1925.

The city is now best known as the birthplace of Viktor Yanukovych.

[edit] External links

• (Russian) Unofficial city portal

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