Baranivka, Zhytomyr Oblast

Baranivka Баранівка Baranówka
City
Saint Stanislaus Church
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°18′N 27°40′E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Zviahel Raion
Hromada	Baranivka urban hromada
Area
• Total	22.34 km^2 (8.63 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	11,161
• Density	500/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Baranivka (Ukrainian: Баранівка, IPA: [bɐˈrɑniu̯kɐ] ^ⓘ; Russian: Барановка; Polish: Baranówka; Yiddish: באראניווקע, romanized: Baranivke) is a city in Zviahel Raion in the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine. Prior to the 2020 administrative reform, it was the administrative centre of the former Baranivka Raion. Population: 11,161 (2022 estimate).^[1] In 2001 the population was 12,584.

The name either comes from the old Slavic language, where *bara means swamp, or from Old East Slavic, where baran means ram. The Slavic meaning of the word is given not coincidentally as the town is located in close proximity to the Prypiat Marshes.

In Zhytomyr Oblast, between Zviahel and Korosten, there is another small town of Barashi, about 50 km northeast from Baranivka.

References

1. Чисельність 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.