Korostyshiv Raion

Korostyshiv Raion (Ukrainian: Коростишівський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Korostyshiv. The raion covered an area of 973.9 square kilometres (376.0 sq mi). The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Korostyshiv Raion was merged into Zhytomyr Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 39,432 (2020 est.)[3]

Korostyshiv Raion
Коростишівський район
Raion
Flag of Korostyshiv Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Korostyshiv Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°18′53″N 29°3′58″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZhytomyr Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerKorostyshiv
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   0 — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   0 — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total973.9 km2 (376.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 39,432
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. 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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