Formerly referred to as Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro is a city of regional significance, situated along the Dnieper River close to its meeting point with the Samara River, in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in the eastern portion of Ukraine. Named after the Dnieper River, Dnipro serves as the administrative center of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as well as the administrative seat of the Dnipro urban hromada. Dnipro is considered the fourth largest city in Ukraine after the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa. It is also one of the country’s largest metallurgical and machine-building centers.