Korosten Raion
Коростенський район | |
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Coordinates: 50°53′23″N 28°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 |
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]
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]