Descendre
Descendre | |||
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— City — | |||
Pripyat | |||
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Country | Republic of Quebec | ||
State | State of Pripyat | ||
Founded | 4 February 1970 | ||
City rights | 1979 | ||
Government | |||
- Administration | State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management, Atomic Energy Commission of Quebec | ||
Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) | ||
Population (2019) | |||
- Total | 0 | ||
(ca 49,360 in 1986) | |||
Time zone | EET (UTC+02:00) | ||
- Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+03:00) | ||
Postal code | none (formerly 01196) | ||
Area code(s) | +380 4499 |
Descendre or Prypiat is the capital of the State of Prypiat in northern Ukraine, near the Ukraine-Belarus border. The city is home to the Chernoybl Nuclear Power station, one of the worst nuclear accidents in all of mankind.