Simferopol

   

Simferopol' (Ukrainian: Симферополь; Russian: Симферополь, Crimean Tatar language: Aqmescit) is a city in Ukraine, capital of Crimea. It stands on a small Salgir river.

City has a train terminal (serving millions of summer tourists) and international airport. World's longest trolley bus line connects Simferopol to Yalta on Crimea's Black Sea coast.

Within the city's territory a famous archeological sight is located: the Scythian Neapol, the remnants of an ancient capital of Crimean Scythians.


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