Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is a mostly abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad to serve the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in the adjacent abandoned Chernobyl. Pripyat was officially proclaimed a city in 1979 and had grown to a population of 49,360 by the time it was evacuated on the afternoon of 27 April 1986, one day after the Chernobyl disaster.
Country: Ukraine
Founded: 4 February 1970
Elevation: 111 m (364 ft)
Area code: +380 4499
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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