Korosten Raion(Ukrainian:Коростенський район) is araion(district) ofZhytomyr Oblast,northernUkraine.Its administrative centre isKorosten.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 | |
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| Coordinates:50°53′23″N28°39′45″E/ 50.88972°N 28.66250°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 was25,297 (2020 est.).[4]
Economy
editAgricultural Institute of Polesia is located in the village ofHrozyne.
Settlements
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edit- ^abЧисельність 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.Retrieved2020-10-03.
- ^"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.
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