Baranivka (city)
Baranivka (Ukrainian: Баранівка, Russian: Барановка, Polish: Baranówka, Yiddish: באראניווקע Baranivke) is a town and the administrative center of Baranivka Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 11,343 (2021 est.)[1]. In 2001 the population was 12,584.
Baranivka
Баранівка Baranówka | |
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City | |
 Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka | |
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  Baranivka Location of Baranivka in Zhytomyr Oblast  Baranivka Location of Baranivka in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′N 27°40′E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion | Baranivka Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.34 km2 (8.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 11,343 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The name, (BARA)nivka, from the old Slavic language. means swamp, and from eastern Slavic, (BARAN)ivka, -- a ram of ovis. 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 Novohrad-Volynskyi and Korosten, there is another small town of Barashi, about 50 km northeast from Baranivka.
References
- "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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