Boryspil Raion
| Boryspil Raion Бориспільський район | |||
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| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Province | Kiev Oblast | ||
| Established | 1923 | ||
| Admin. center | Boryspil | ||
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| Government | |||
| • Administration | Ivan Pavlovych Poliukhovych | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 146 km2 (56 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 53,483 | ||
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal index | 083 | ||
| Area code | 380-44 | ||
| Website | kyiv-obl.gov.ua | ||
Boryspil Raion (Ukrainian: Бориспільський район, translit.: Boryspil's'kyi raion) is an administrative raion (district) in east-central Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Boryspil. The raion's area totals 146 km², and has a population of 53,483.
Geography
The Boryspil raion is located in the east-central area of the Kiev Oblast, and has a total area of 146 km².
On the raion's southern border flows the Dnieper River (Dnipro). Near the river, the raion's lowest elevation points are located. Other rivers that flow through the raion include: the left tributaries of the Dnieper: Pavlivka, Mlen, Ikva, and the right tributaries of the Trubizh River: Bochechky, Karan', Vohnyscha, Krasylivka, Al'ta, and Il'tytsia. All of the raion's rivers flow through the low-elevation territory, making all of the rivers flow more slowly. The rivers take their sources from winter snowfalls and seasonal rains. On the southern-most border of the raion is the Kaniv Reservoir, which provides electric supply to nearby areas.
Forests cover about 150 km² of the raion's 146 km² area.
Demographics
The Boryspil raion's total population is 53,483, which includes 23,400 males, and 30,080 females. The number of pensioners totals 16,300, about 33.6% of the total population of the raion. The density of the raion's population is 364 p/km².
The national ethnic composition is: Ukrainians (95.2 %), Russians (3.8 %), Belarusians (0.3 %) and Moldovans (0.1 %).
Culture
Within the Boryspil raion operates a musical school for children (in the village of Schastlyve), a school of art (in the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka) Also, a couple of educational schools operate on the territory of the raion:
- Institute of Cloning and Genetics of Animals (Ukrainian Academy of Agriculture);
- Central science-laboratory for experiments with water and ground soil (Institute of Hydrotechno, UAAN).
A festival (Argo and Kiev's fall; Russian: Агро и Киевская осень), is held two times a year within the village of Chubynske. Within the village of Revne, is a reserved retirement village for veterans of wars. In addition, living quarters are reserved for children of homeless children and children of poor families in the villages of Revne, Abaievykh, and Stare.
Subdivisions
Boryspil raion consists of 1 city (misto), Boryspil;[1] 20 village councils (sil's'ka rada); and 43 villages (selo). The settlements of Boryspilskyi Raion include:
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See also
- Subdivisions of Ukraine
- Kiev Oblast
- Boryspil Airport
References
- ↑ Although an administrative center of the raion, Boryspil is also designated as a separate raion (mis'ka rada) within Kiev Oblast.
External links
- kyiv-obl.gov.ua - Information about the Boryspil raion (Ukrainian)
- Verkhovna Rada website - Administrative divisions of the Boryspil raion (Ukrainian)
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