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| | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast Facts & Figures |
 | | The largest cities and towns are Dnipropetrovsk, (1,200,000), Kryvy Rih, (789,000), Dniprodzerzhynsk, (375,000), Nikopol, (56,000), Pavlohrad, (163,000). |
 | | In 16-18th centuries, the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast was included into the lands of the Zaporizhian Cossack Army. |
 | | Over 40% of Ukraine's ferrous metallurgy produce is manufactured here, as well as about 70% of tubes, 30% of rolled metal, 28% of coke, 17% of the produce of chemical and oil and chemical industry, 7% of electric power engineering, 9% of machine building produce. |
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