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Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian: Криви́й Ріг [krɪˌwɪj ˈr⁽ʲ⁾iɦ], lit. "Curved Cape" or "Crooked Horn") is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in the country; and 2nd biggest area. The city's population at the beginning of 2022 is estimated at 646,748. It hosts the administration of the Kryvyi Rih District and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban community.Creates a large urban area around itself. Located at the confluence of the Saksahan and Inhulets rivers, Kryvyi Rih was founded as a military staging post in 1775. Urban-industrial growth followed Belgian, French and British investment in the exploitation of the area's rich iron-ore deposits (generally called Kryvbas) in the 1880s. Kryvyi Rih gained city status after the October Revolution in 1919. Stalin-era industrialisation saw the development in the city from 1934 of Kryvorizhstal, the largest integrated metallurgical works in the Soviet Union.