Baranivka (city)

Baranivka (Ukrainian: Баранівка, Russian: Барановка, Polish: Baranówka, Yiddish: באראניווקע Baranivke) is a town in Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion in the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine. Prior to the 2020 administrative reform, it was the administrative centre of the former Baranivka Raion. Population: 11,343 (2021 est.)[1]. In 2001 the population was 12,584.

Baranivka
Баранівка
Baranówka
City
Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka
Baranivka
Location of Baranivka in Zhytomyr Oblast
Baranivka
Location of Baranivka in Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°18′N 27°40′E
CountryUkraine
OblastZhytomyr Oblast
RaionNovohrad-Volynskyi Raion
Area
  Total22.34 km2 (8.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total11,343
  Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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.

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