Brief info about hosting EURO 2012 cities( both Polish and Ukrainian)

Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and one of the largest cities in Europe. Its territory is 839 km2. The city population is over 4 mln citizens. Of them, around 2.7 mln live in Kyiv on a constant basis. The city itself and the neighbouring area constitute an agglomeration with total population of 5 mln. Kyiv is the main political centre of the country. Lviv is a city in the west of Ukraine, the capital city of Halychyna, and a regional centre of the Lviv region. It is the seventh in terms of population. In 2007, 735,000 inhabitants lived in Lviv. The city’s area is 171.01 square meters, with population density being 4,300 people per square meter. Kharkiv is a city in the North-East of Ukraine, administrative center of Kharkiv region. In all probability the name of the city of Kharkiv is derived from Kharkiv River. Its population is 1 470 900 inhabitants, city area is 306. The density of the population is 4500 persons per. It is the second Ukrainian city by population number. The years of 1654-1655 are considered to be the date of Kharkiv foundation. Donetsk is a regional centre of Ukraine, the heart and brains of strong industrial centre Donbass.  The well developed megapolis with 1 million of population is located in the south-east of Ukraine. From the north to the south, the city stretches for 28 km, and from the east to the west – for 55 km, and is divided into 9 districts. Total length of its streets exceeds 2,500 km. There are 21 squares, 2,200 streets, avenues, and boulevards. Nowadays the population of Warsaw numbers 1.7 mln of inhabitants who live in eighteen city districts. Of them, the most densely populated are Mokotow (226 people per 1m2), Praga Poludnie (185 people per 1m2), and Ursynow (143 people per 1m2). One thousand of citizens own 379 cars. There are 1,230 supermarkets and food shops as well as 200 different banks in the capital. Gdansk is the city in the North of Poland, situated by the Gulf of Danzig in the estuary of the Vistula river, center of Pomeranian voivodship. The area of the city is 261. 6 km.². Its population is 463 thousand people. Gdansk has formed an urban conglomeration – so-called tricity with the population over 1 million inhabitants together with Gdynia and Sopot. The master of Baltic Arena Gdansk stadium is Lechia football club. Wroclaw is the city in the Republic of Poland, historical capital of Silesia. It is one of the largest (forth by population size) and oldest Polish cities, capital of Lower Silesian voivodship. The area of the city is 293 km². Its population is 702 257 inhabitants (2008). Wroclaw is situated on five rivers (Odra and its 4 tributaries). Poznan is the city in the central part of Western Poland, on the Warta river, administrative center of the Greater Poland voivodship, large business, industrial and educational center of Poland. Its population is 607.5 thousand inhabitants (2005). The area of the city is 261.85 km².