Khoroshiv Raion

Khoroshiv Raion
Khoroshiv Raion; Хорошівський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 50°36′17″N 28°26′41″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Zhytomyr Oblast
Admin. center	Khoroshiv
Subdivisions	List 0 — city councils; 3 — settlement councils; — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; 0 — cities; 3 — urban-type settlements; — villages; — rural settlements;
Area
• Total	869.8 km2 (335.8 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	35 590
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380

Khoroshiv Raion (Ukrainian: Хорошівський район), until 2015 Volodarsk-Volynskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Володарськ-Волинський район), is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Khoroshiv. The raion covers an area of 869.8 square kilometres (335.8 sq mi). Population: 35,590 (2013 est.)[1]

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Volodarsk-Volynskyi Raion to Khoroshiv Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2] Volodarsk-Volynskyi was previously renamed to Khoroshiv.

References

Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
"Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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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.

[2] "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.