Korosten Raion
Korosten Raion Коростенський район | |
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Coordinates: 50°53′23″N 28°39′45″E / 50.88972°N 28.66250°E | |
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Admin. center | Korosten |
Subdivisions | 13 hromadas |
Area | |
• Total | 10,897.6 km2 (4,207.6 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 251,208 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Area code | +380 |
Korosten Raion (Ukrainian: Коростенський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Korosten. The raion covers an area of 10,897.6 square kilometres (4,207.6 sq mi). [citation needed] It makes Korosten raion the largest by area in Ukraine. Population: 251,208 (2022 estimate).[1]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Korosten Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,297 (2020 est.).[4]
Economy
[edit]Agricultural Institute of Polesia is located in the village of Hrozyne.
Settlements
[edit]- Davydky, Horshchyk rural hromada
- Davydky, Narodychi settlement hromada
- Hunychi
- Khodaky
- Kupech
- Verkhnia Rudnia
References
[edit]- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
External links
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