Descendre
| Descendre | |||
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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.
