Baranivka (city)
Baranivka
Баранівка Baranówka | |
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City | |
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Baranivka Location of Baranivka in Zhytomyr Oblast | |
Coordinates: 50°18′N 27°40′E / 50.300°N 27.667°ECoordinates: 50°18′N 27°40′E / 50.300°N 27.667°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
Raion | Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion |
Area | |
• Total | 22.34 km2 (8.63 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 11,343 |
• Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Baranivka (Ukrainian: Баранівка, Russian: Барановка, Polish: Baranówka, Yiddish: באראניווקע Baranivke) is a town in Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion in the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine. Prior to the 2020 administrative reform, it was the administrative centre of the former Baranivka Raion. Population: 11,343 (2021 est.)[1]. In 2001 the population was 12,584.
The name, (BARA)nivka, from the old Slavic language. means swamp, and from eastern Slavic, (BARAN)ivka, -- a ram of ovis. The Slavic meaning of the word is given not coincidentally as the town is located in close proximity to the Prypiat Marshes.
In Zhytomyr Oblast, between Novohrad-Volynskyi and Korosten, there is another small town of Barashi, about 50 km northeast from Baranivka.
References[]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
Categories:
- Cities in Zhytomyr Oblast
- Cities of district significance in Ukraine
- Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)
- Novograd-Volynsky Uyezd
- Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion
- Shtetls
- Zhytomyr Oblast geography stubs