The central city of a province, most of which represents the strength of the entire province, is a very special city, in general, this kind of city is the capital or capital, not only the economic development and cultural level are very top-notch, and the area is much larger than other cities in the province, like Nanjing is the smallest provincial capital of the Chinese mainland, but the area is also 6587 square kilometers, and today the capital area is only 303 square kilometers, only equivalent to the size of a county in China, the city is called Kharkiv.
This is a city located on the Kharkiv River in Ukraine, only 32 kilometers away from Russia, don't look at the area here is not large, but in fact, here is the second largest city in Ukraine, in fact, the overall area of Ukraine is very large, there are 578200 square kilometers (excluding Crimea), which is divided into 2 municipalities and 24 states, this state is actually equivalent to the provincial level of China, and Kharkiv City is the capital city of Kharkiv Oblast in these 24 states, equivalent to the provincial capital city, according to the reason, How can the area here not be so small.
In fact, the area of Kharkiv Oblast is only 31,400 square kilometers, the population is only more than 2.6 million people, not a very prosperous city, the rest of the state are some small towns, the second largest city in Kharkiv Oblast is the central area of 18 square kilometers, the population of only 60,000 people Lozovaya City, other small cities are not to mention, are 1, 20,000 people of the town, basically the entire population of Kharkiv Oblast is concentrated in Kharkiv City, Most of the resources were devoted to the development of the city of Kharkiv.
In fact, don't look at Kharkiv city is not very big, but its history is also more than 360 years, in many Ukrainian cities, can be regarded as very deep, one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe, Kharkiv State University is located here. And because of the mountains and the sea, it was once an important market and trade center in Russia, and even became the capital city of Ukraine, but unfortunately, in 1934, the ukrainian capital moved to Kiev, which began to slowly decline, but it is still the largest industrial center and transportation hub in Ukraine, and in 1975, there was a subway here.
What is more interesting is that although Ukraine has its own official language "Ukrainian", but in Kharkiv city is basically Russian-speaking, and many of the buildings here are mostly Russian style buildings, walking on its streets, do not know and think that they have come to Russia, perhaps this is also because it is only 32 kilometers away from Russia, so it is deeply influenced by Russia, its unique geographical location and cultural atmosphere, but also led to the intermingling of European cultures here, adding a lot of unique charm to the city.
And here is also a very suitable place for tourism, the average summer temperature here is about 21 degrees, the maximum temperature is only 30 degrees, and the hottest is only a few days, it began to cool down, very cool, Kharkiv is actually strictly a leisure city, not the kind of place that is very suitable for visiting attractions, because there are not many attractions that can be visited here, only some historical sites and cathedrals, but if you like to watch beautiful women, watch opera or go to the bar, Then here I believe it will not disappoint you, the night of Kharkiv is particularly delicious.
As a city with an area of only 303 square kilometers, it is more accurate to say that Kharkiv is the capital, but it is more accurate to say that it is a university city, so the consumption here is indeed quite low, the climate is not bad, there are many Chinese people studying here, many places here are actually more related to the history of Kharkiv, if you really come here to travel, it may be more interesting to know the history of here in advance.