Today I'll tell you about my town - Mykolaiv.

 Mykolaiv is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is arguably the main ship building center of Black Sea. 

                                                               Bird's-eye view on the city.

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Mykolaiv is located on a peninsula in Ukraine's steppe region 65 kilometers from the Black Sea along the estuary of the Southern Bug river (where it meets the Inhul River). 
 

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 Mykolaiv adopted its current coat of arms on September 26, 1997. Mykolaiv adopted its current flag on July 2, 1999. It is a white flag with the city’s coat of arms and two wavy horizontal bars. Mykolaiv adopted its anthem on September 11, 2004.


 



 Coast of arms                                                                                               

The area of the city is 260 square kilometres. Mykolaiv has a population of about 500,000. Mykolaiv is in the second time zone (Eastern European Time).
The city's climate is moderately continental with mild winters and hot summers. Mykolaiv’s average temperature is 10 °C (50 °F). The lowest average temperature is in January −3.1 °C (26 °F), the highest in July 22.3 °C (72 °F).
 Mykolaiv has an average of 472 mm (19 in) of precipitation per year, with the lowest precipitation in October, and the most in July. Mykolaiv has snow cover every year, but its height is low.