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). ^{[citation needed]} It makes Korosten raion the largest by area in Ukraine. Population: 251,208 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Korosten Raion Коростенський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 50°53′23″N 28°39′45″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
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

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.

Settlements

• Davydky, Horshchyk rural hromada
• Davydky, Narodychi settlement hromada
• Hunychi
• Khodaky
• Kupech
• Verkhnia Rudnia

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.

External links

• Find out Korosten District @ Ukrainian.Travel {en}