Chernobyl, also known as Chornobyl, is a partially abandoned city in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 90 kilometres to the north of Kyiv and 160 kilometres to the southwest of Gomel in neighbouring Belarus. Prior to being evacuated in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, it was home to approximately 14,000 residents—considerably less than adjacent Pripyat, which was completely abandoned following the incident. Since then, although living anywhere within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is technically illegal, Ukrainian authorities have tolerated those who have taken up living in some of the city's less irradiated areas; Chernobyl's 2020 population estimate was 150 people.
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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