query: How many people live in Kiev?
passage: Kiev
Kiev (/ˈkiːɛf, -ɛv/ KEE-ef, -⁠ev)[9] or Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київ, romanized:Kyiv [ˈkɪjiu̯](listen); Russian: Киев, romanized:Kiyev [ˈkʲi(j)ɪf]; Old East Slavic: Кыѥвъ, romanized:Kyjev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine, located in the north-central part of the country on the Dnieper. The population in July 2015 was 2,887,974[4] (though higher estimated numbers have been cited in the press),[10] making Kiev the 7th most populous city in Europe.[11]
passage: Kiev
Under Oleksandr Omelchenko (mayor from 1999 to 2006), there were further plans for the merger of some raions and revision of their boundaries, and the total number of raions had been planned to be decreased from 10 to 7. With the election of the new mayor-elect (Leonid Chernovetsky) in 2006, these plans were shelved.