Khoroshiv Raion

Khoroshiv Raion (Ukrainian: Хорошівський район), until 2015 Volodarsk-Volynskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Володарськ-Волинський район), is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Khoroshiv. The raion covers an area of 869.8 square kilometres (335.8 sq mi). Population: 35,590(2013 est.)[1]

Khoroshiv Raion

Хорошівський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 50°36′17″N 28°26′41″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZhytomyr Oblast
Admin. centerKhoroshiv
Subdivisions
Area
  Total869.8 km2 (335.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
  Total 35 590
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Volodarsk-Volynskyi Raion to Khoroshiv Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2] Volodarsk-Volynskyi was previously renamed to Khoroshiv.

References

  1. Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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