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Fun fact 1 about Kryvyi Rih

Kryvyi Rih Old Town (cropped)
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Kryvyi Rih literally means 'crooked horn' or 'curved cape' in Ukrainian.

Kryvyi Rih
Ukraine
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Kryvyi Rih

Ukraine

Country
Ukraine
Population
612.8K
Coordinates
47.91, 33.34
418th most populous city in the world

Kryvyi Rih is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region.

From the “Etymology” section

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