Korosten Raion

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). It makes Korosten raion the largest by area in Ukraine. Population: 251,208 (2022 est.)[1]

Korosten Raion
Коростенський район
Raion
Coat of arms of Korosten Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°53′23″N 28°39′45″E
Country Ukraine
Region Zhytomyr Oblast
Admin. centerKorosten
Subdivisions13 hromadas
Area
 • Total10,897.6 km2 (4,207.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total251,208
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

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

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

See also

References
  1. 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.
  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 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.
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