Country Summary Information
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- Country name
- conventional long and short form: Ukraine
- local long and short form: Україна
- former: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (for previous names see History of Ukraine)
- Country codes
- ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2: UA; ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3: UKR; ISO 3166-1 Numeric: 804; ITU: UP
- Dialing code: 380
- Government type
- republic
- Capital
- Kiev (also spelled Kyiv, Ukrainian: Київ)
- Administrative divisions
- 24 oblasts (provinces), 1 Autonomous Republic, 2 cities with special status
- for details see Subdivisions of Ukraine
- Independence
- August 24, 1991, proclaimed by the parliament (from the Soviet Union)
- approved by referendum (popular vote) on December 1, 1991
- National holiday
- Independence Day, August 24, (1991)
- Constitution
- The Constitution of Ukraine was adopted June 28, 1996, amended December 8, 2004, amendments reverted in 2010
- Legal system
- The Ukrainian legal system is based on the civil law and the judicial review of legislative acts.
- Suffrage
- 18 years of age; universal except legally disabled.
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