Zhytomyr Raion

Zhytomyr Raion (Ukrainian: Житомирський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Zhytomyr. The raion covers an area of 1,441 square kilometres (556 mi2). Population: 606,433 (2022 estimate). 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 Zhytomyr Raion was significantly expanded. Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 mi2). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 72,213 (2020 est.). In 1928-39, the territory of the modern district was known as the Troyanivskyi district with its center in the town of Troyaniv (now a small village).