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 | |
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Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka | |
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Coordinates: 50°18′N 27°40′E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
Raion | Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion |
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• 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.
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