Rokytne Raion, Rivne Oblast

Rokytne Raion
Рокитнівський район
Raion
Flag of Rokytne Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Rokytne Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°23′31″N 27°15′39″E / 51.39194°N 27.26083°E / 51.39194; 27.26083Coordinates: 51°23′31″N 27°15′39″E / 51.39194°N 27.26083°E / 51.39194; 27.26083
Country  Ukraine
Region Rivne Oblast
Established 1939
Admin. center Rokytne
Subdivisions
Area
 • Total 2,350 km2 (910 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 57,179
 • Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code +380
Website http://www.rv.gov.ua/sitenew/rokytnivsk Rokytne Raion

Rokytne Raion (Ukrainian: Рокитнівський район) is a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Rokytne. Population: 57,179 (2017 est.)[1]

Demographics

Rokytne Raion is probably the place with the highest birth rate in all of Ukraine. The Raion recorded a birth rate of 24.0 per 1,000 in 2008.[2] The village council of Hlynne is widely regarded as holding the record for the highest birth rate in all of Europe.[3][4][5]

  • Births (2011) : 1,304 births at 24.0 per 1,000
  • Births (2012) : 1,391 births at 25.9 per 1,000
  • Deaths (2011) : 615 deaths at 11.3 per 1,000[6]
  • Deaths (2012) : 595 deaths at 11.1 per 1,000

World War 2

On August 26, 1942, after living under a reign of terror for just over a year, the Jews of Rokitno were ordered to gather in the central market square for deportation to a killing site outside the town. When many of them realized what was about to occur, the crowd began to panic. As people began to run, Nazi and Ukrainian police began to shoot. People were systematically shot or herded into waiting rail cars, destined for Sarny.[7] Jews were also forcibly transferred to Sarny from the towns of Tomashgorod, Klesov and Dubrovitsa.[8]

This event is collectively referred to as part of the 1942 Sarny Massacre.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.oblstat.rivne.com
  3. ↑ http://gazeta.ua/index.php?id=351826&lang=ru
  4. ↑ http://zik.com.ua/ua/news/2009/09/02/194543
  5. ↑ http://www.rivne1.tv/Info/?id=3464
  6. ↑ http://www.rv.gov.ua/sitenew/rokytnivsk/ua/8766.htm
  7. ↑ 7
  8. ↑ 8

[1] Israel Greenberg, "Tearful Events" (Ala Gamulka, trans.). Contained in E. Leoni (ed.), Rokitno-Wolyn and Surroundings; Memorial Book and Testimony. Tel Aviv, 1967.

[2] Shmuel Spector, The Jews of Volhynia and their Reaction to Extermination. Yad Vashem, The Untold Stories: The Murder Sites of The Jews In the Occupied Territories of the Former USSR, pp. 159-186 at p. 161. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

  1. ↑ [7]
  2. ↑ [8]
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