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Territory

Ukraine occupies a position at the boundary between Central and Eastern Europe, on the north side of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. With a territory slightly larger than that of France, it is the largest country contained wholly within Europe.

Ukraine’s neighbours to the west are Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. To the north and east are Belarus and Russia. Across the Black Sea to the south is Turkey.

Ukraine means 'borderland', which alludes to its historical and cultural position at the intersection of the Western/Catholic, Eastern/Orthodox and Southern/Muslim worlds. It also lies at the crossroads of historical east-west and north-south transport and trade routes.