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Makiivka, also spelled Makeevka is an industrial city located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast (province), 25 km (16 mi) from the capital Donetsk. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the city's population is 389,589 inhabitants, of these 178,475 (46 %) are men and 211,114 (54 %) are women. It is an important steel industry and coal mining centre of the country. Makiivka is a leading metallurgical and coal-mining center and has machinery and coking plants. Donetsk and Makiivka are so close together that it is hard to tell when one city ends, and the other begins. |
