Chernobyl
partially abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Summary
Chernobyl is an exclusion zone[1]. Chernobyl draws 17,850 Wikipedia views per month (exclusion zone category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vyshhorod Raion[3]
- Country: Ukraine[4], Grand Duchy of Lithuania[5]
- Instance of: lost city[6], city or town[7], populated place in Ukraine[8]
- Postal code: 255614[9]
- Commons category: Chornobyl[10]
- Licence plate code: AI[11], КI / 10[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[13], UTC+03:00[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chernobyl, Ukraine[15]
- Population: 13,000[16], 163[17], 690[18], 700[19], 1575[20], 1372[21], 2865[22], 6483[23], 9351[24], 14,362[25], 8943[26], 8088[27], 8221[28], 10,136[29]
- Time of earliest written record: 1193[30]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34]
- Capital of: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone[35]
- Official name: Чорнобиль[36]
- Category for people born here: Q8078824[37]
- Category for people who died here: Q137778103[38]
- Native label: Чорно́биль[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Chornobyl[40]
- Different from: Chernobyl[41]
- Elevation above sea level: 180 m[42]
- Area: 25 km²[43]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Chernobyl include Chernobyl[45], a miniseries[46], directed by Johan Renck[47] and chernobylite[48], a mineral variety[49].
Why It Matters
Chernobyl has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Chernobyl is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for Chernobyl include Chernobyl[45], a miniseries[46], directed by Johan Renck[47] and chernobylite[48], a mineral variety[49].