Zhytomyr Raion

Zhytomyr Raion
Житомирський район
Coordinates: 50°12′17″N 28°38′55″E / 50.20472°N 28.64861°E / 50.20472; 28.64861
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast
Admin. centerZhytomyr
Subdivisions31 hromadas
Area
  Total
1,441 km2 (556 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total
606,433
  Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

Zhytomyr Raion (Ukrainian: Житомирський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Zhytomyr. The raion covers an area of 1,441 square kilometres (556 sq mi). Population: 606,433 (2022 estimate).

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Zhytomyr Raion was significantly expanded. Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 72,213 (2020 est.).

In 1928-39 the raion was known as Troianiv Raion centered in a town of Troianiv (today a small village).