Sevastopol city is the biggest nonfreezing marine, commercial and fishery port, industrial, scientific and technical, recreational and cultural-historical southern center of Ukraine, situated in the south-western part of the Crimean peninsula, at the one parallel with the Italian city of Milan and the French city of Lion. Its unique geographical and geostrategic location at the center of the Black Sea basin, at the turn of confessional interests of the Christian North and the Moslem South, eastern and western civilizations, in the heart of the great commercial ways and, quite recently, at the verge of two military political blocks of NATO and the Warsaw’s Agreement, - defines the uniqueness of its historical destiny.From the administrative view, the territory of the Sevastopol region is separated into four districts, including the independent town Inkerman and 47 suburb and rural populated areas. The region borders on the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from north and east, and is washed by the Black Sea waters from south and west. The total length of the city coastline is 143 km, of the land border is 106 km .
The place, where the central part of the city is situated, has a hilly relief, cut with deep ravines and gullies with many sea deep-water bays, naturally protected, with advantageous navigable water-ways and transport passes to them. As for the rest, it is domination of the rock-hill area with fertile lands and some plain territory .The climate of the Sevastopol region is close to subtropical climate of the Southern coast of Crimea – arid climate with nonfreezing sea, clear air, and picturesque landscape of mountains and forests. The average monthly temperature at winter time varies from -2 to +7 degrees centigrade. The summer heat is softened by fresh sea breezes. The annual precipitation is 500-700 мм.
Laws of Ukraine acts on territory of the city-region. |



