Velykyi Zhytyn

Velykyi Zhytyn
Великий Житин
Żytyń Wielki
St Michael’s Church (1767)
Velykyi Zhytyn
Location of Velykyi Zhytyn in Ukraine
Velykyi Zhytyn
Velykyi Zhytyn (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°39′18″N 26°21′5.76″E / 50.65500°N 26.3516000°E / 50.65500; 26.3516000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Rivne Oblast
RaionRivne
Area
  Total
1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation
192 m (630 ft)
Population
  Total
1,232
  Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)

Velykyi Zhytyn (Ukrainian: Великий Житин; Polish: Żytyń Wielki) is a village in the Rivne Raion in the Rivne Oblast in north-western Ukraine with about 1,200 inhabitants (2006).

It is located on the regional road P-5 and P-77 9 km northeast of the oblast and Raion seat Rivne. The Kustinka River, a tributary of the Horyn, flows through the village.