Zhytomyr Oblast

Zhytomyr Oblast (Ukrainian: Житомирська область) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its capital is the city of Zhytomyr. Its territory occupies an area of 29 832 km², which for comparison also corresponds to that of Belgium. Its population on January 1, 2006 was 1,330,000.

Geography

Bordering on its northern border with Belarus, the oblast is bordered by Rivne, Khmelnytsky, Vinnitsa and kyiv oblasts.

Northwest: Belarus	North: Belarus	Northeast: Belarus
West: Oblast of Rivne		This: Kiev Oblate
Southwest: Oblast of Jmelnitski	Southwest: Vínnitsa Opblast	South: Kiev Oblate

Subdivisions

After the 2020 land reform, the oblast is divided into the following four raions:

• Raion of Berdýchiv (capital: Berdýchiv)
• Raion of Zhitómir (capital: Zhitómir)
• Kórosten (capital: Kórosten)
• Novohrad-Volynskyi (capital: Novohrad-Volynskyi)

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  Berdýchiv

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  Zhitómir

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  Kórosten

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  Novohrad-Volynskyi

Important cities

• Baránivka
• Berdýchiv
• Kórosten
• Malyn
• Novohrad-Volynskyi
• Ruzhyn
• Zhitómir