Chernobyl, also known as Chornobyl, is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about 90 kilometres north of Kyiv, and 160 kilometres southwest of the Belarusian city of Gomel. Before its evacuation, the city had about 14,000 residents. While living anywhere within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is technically illegal today, authorities tolerate those who choose to live within some of the less irradiated areas, and an estimated 150 people lived in Chernobyl in 2020.
Country: Ukraine
Area code: +380-4593
Oblast: Kyiv Oblast
Raion: Chernobyl Raion (1923–1988) · Ivankiv Raion (1988–2020) · Vyshhorod Raion (2020–present) · Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (de facto) (1986–present)
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