Korosten Raion

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Korosten Raion
Коростенський район
Raion
Coat of arms of Korosten Raion
Coat of arms
Korosten Raion 2020.svg
Coordinates: 50°53′23″N 28°39′45″E / 50.88972°N 28.66250°E / 50.88972; 28.66250Coordinates: 50°53′23″N 28°39′45″E / 50.88972°N 28.66250°E / 50.88972; 28.66250
Country Ukraine
Region Zhytomyr Oblast
Admin. centerKorosten
Subdivisions13 hromadas
Area
 • Total10,897.6 km2 (4,207.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total255,480
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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: 255,480 (2021 est.)[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]The raion includes former Narodychi and Poliske Raions, where the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was located at.

Economy[]

Agricultural Institute of Polesia is located in the village of Hrozyne.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

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