page_title: Simferopol
section_title: Geography and climate
hierarchical_section_title: Simferopol / Geography and climate
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Симферопольское водохранилище English: The Simferopol Reservoir in Ukraine.
context_page_description: Simferopol is the second-largest city on the Crimean Peninsula, and the capital of the Republic of Crimea. Simferopol is an important political, economic and transport hub of the peninsula, and serves as the administrative centre of both Simferopol Municipality and the surrounding Simferopol District. Founded on the site of a Crimean Tatar town Aqmescit, the city adopted its current name after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire. The population was 332,317.
caption: The Simferopol Reservoir provides clean drinking water to the city.
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