Obolon, Kyiv
Obolon
Оболонь | |
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Obolon within the Kyiv city area. | |
| Coordinates: 50°30′20″N 30°29′57″E / 50.50556°N 30.49917°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| City | Kyiv |
| District | Obolonskyi District |
| First mentioned | 1096 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 04504, 04205, 04209, 04210, 04211, 04212, 04213, 04214 |
| Area code | +380 44 |
Obolon is a historical locality which includes a residential area (masyv), along with an industrial park within Ukraine's capital Kyiv that is located on its northern side, in an eponymous city district - the Obolonskyi District (until 2001 – Minskyi District).
In Ukrainian language the word obolon' (оболонь) means a 'low country near a river' (floodplain) or 'flood-meadows' (Ukrainian: заплавні луки).
As Obolon's land regularly used to flood by the Dnieper river there were Kyiv city's pasture and haymakings.