downtown. There is a sport stadium for football, basketball, volleyball in the center of the city. There is a swimming pool building not far away from the stadium. The local football team plays the football games at the stadium regularly. The pop music performances by various artists from Ukraine take place at the stadium from time to time. The main educational institutions, including the Humanitarian-Pedagogical College and the Automobiles and Roads College are situated in close proximity to the downtown. Also, there are many secondary schools in the central district in the city. The modern big residential apartments buildings, made of the red and white bricks, can be found around the city. The Bar city library, which is located in a modern architecture building, has a digital library with Internet access. Bar is known as a little piece of Italy in Ukraine Population Historical population The Bar city's total population was around 3,341 in 1850, increasing to 16,442 by 2013 approximately. The historical population is accurately characterized in the following chart: Languages The percentage of people, who know how to speak, read, write the Ukrainian language in Bar is (95.5%). In real life, the local population (100.0%) primarily speaks Ukrainian (70.6%), Russian (20.0%), Polish (9.0%), Italian (0.1%), Hebrew (0.1%), German (0.1%) and English (0.1%). Originally, the entire population spoke the old Slavic languages mainly, however the various historical events and the increasing international trade led to the situation, when the local population was able to get the other foreign languages skills. English is also studied at the advanced level at English Language Faculty at Humanitarian – Pedagogical College in Bar. The numerous computers with the audio-headsets were installed and connected to the Internet at the central city library due to both the personal efforts of Hankamp and the Bibliomist program. Government and politics Administrative issues The Bar municipality is administratively subdivided into a number of municipal districts. Governance issues The mayor is elected by direct public election, while the heads of other directorates are assigned by the collegiate. The Mayor of Bar has the executive powers; the City Council has the administrative powers to check the mayor's decisions, and the City Assembly can accept or reject the mayor's urban development strategy, city budget and city modernization proposals each year. The City Council constitutes the executive government of the City of Bar, operating as a collegiate authority. The City Council is