Ruzhyn Raion

Ruzhyn Raion (Ukrainian: Ружинський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Ruzhyn. The raion covered an area of 1,002 square kilometres (387 sq mi). The raion was abolished on 19 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Ruzhyn Raion was merged into Berdychiv Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 25,520 (2020 est.)[3]

Ruzhyn Raion
Ружинський район
Raion
Flag of Ruzhyn Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Ruzhyn Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°43′24″N 29°13′38″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZhytomyr Oblast
Disestablished19 July 2020
Admin. centerRuzhyn
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,002 km2 (387 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 25,520
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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