Domain registration Ukraine

The official domain extension for Ukraine is .UA.

Registering this domain extension is definitely a strategic move for those companies with interests in Ukraine or that are looking to protect their trademark within the country.

Ukraine is a semi-presidential republic and former Soviet republic, located in Eastern Europe. It is bordered to the east by Russia, to the north by Belarus, to the south by Romania and Moldavia, to the south west by Hungary and to the west by Slovakia and Poland. It boasts a vast southern coastline on the Black Sea. It is divided into 24 regions; it is a member of the EU and NATO.

Ukraine covers a total area of 603,700 km² and a large part of this is made up of vast, fertile plains, crossed by the country’s main waterways, the rivers Dneiper, Seversky Donets, Dneister; mountainous territory is found in the western region, with the extended Carpathian Mountains.
The population numbers 45,448,329, according to 2012 estimates; the majority is Ukrainian, though there are other Eastern European minorities, such as Russian, Romanian, Belarusian, Polish and Hungarian.

The Ukrainian capital is Kiev, located in the north of the country, close to the River Dnieper. The official language is Ukrainian and the local currency is the Ukrainian Hryvnia The post-communist economy reinforced its main activities in agriculture (exports in linseed, hemp, potatoes, minor types of grain, beet), livestock farming and timber extraction (the vast forests provide millions of m³ a year).

The country also holds various iron and coal reserves, as well as those in oil and natural gas. The most advanced industry is in iron and steel, thanks also to the abundant national reserves in raw materials.