Vinnitsa is a city on the Buh river and a region centre since 1932. The total area of the city is 6100 hectares. Its population is 391 700. It is divided into 4 districts.
It was first mentioned in historical documents in 1363, as a Lithuanian fortress.
The settlement gradually developed from a farming village into a manufacturing and trading centre.It became the region's capital in 1932.
Its chief cultural institutions are the Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre, a puppet theatre, a philharmonic society, a literary museum dedicated to M. Kotsiubynsky, who was born in Vinnitsa, and a regional studies museum.
Today Vinnitsa is a large industrial and communications centre.
Its machine-building and metalworking enterprises produce instruments, radio devices, ball bearings, and tractor parts. The main chemical plants produce superphosphate fertilizers and paint.
The city is very green. It has a lot of parks.
The city's educational facilities include 12 technical secondary schools, 3 institutes (pedagogical, polytechnics and medical), and branches of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy and the Kyiv Trade and Economics Institute.
Vinnitsa is an important railway junction. There is the railway station, two bus stations and an airport there.
