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Intercultural city: Melitopol, Ukraine
 Melitopol is located in South Eastern Ukraine, some 70 km from the Sea of Azov and around 150 from the Crimea. The "city of honey" is famous for its cherry plantations and its engine-building industry.
Melitopol is a unique city where many ethnicities and nationalities have coexisted in harmony for over 200 years. When taking into consideration, that within only a few hundred kilometres constant conflicts between the Tartars and the local population of the Crimea are possible, the importance of this achievement can hardly be exaggerated.
Ethnic and national groups are completely integrated in the citys social and political life. Language and traditions are maintained and nourished by individual groups but involvement of the broader community is sought in all their activities. In 2007, an Easter ceremony was celebrated with the active participation of Muslim citizens.
Population diversity
According to the 2001 Census, 93 nationalities and ethnic groups are represented among the city population which totals around 158 000 people.
The Ethno-cultural composition of the city population is represented by these main ethnic groups:
1) Ukrainians 87750
2) Russians 62050
3) Bulgarians 2910
4) Tartars 1510
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Byelorussians 1060
6) Gypsies 480
7) Armenians 435
8) Crimean Tartars 380
9) Hebrews 360
10) Greeks 320
11) Germans 220
12) Poles 205
13) Moldavians 200
14) Czechs 150
15) Georgians 135
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