Baranivka (city)

Baranivka
Baranivka; Баранівка
	City
	Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka
; Flag	; Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Baranivka Raion
Population (2001)
• Total	12,584
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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: 11,980 (2013 est.)^[1]. In 2001 the population was 12,584.

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)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

Coordinates: 50°18′N 27°14′E / 50.300°N 27.233°E / 50.300; 27.233

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[ua2013estimate-1] "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.