Baranivka (city)

Baranivka (Ukrainian: Баранівка, Russian: Барановка) is a town and the administrative center of Baranivka Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 11,980 (2013 est.)^[1]. In 2001 the population was 12,584.

The name, (BARA)nivka, from the old Slavic language means swamp, and from eastern Slavic, (BARAN)ivka, -- an ovis. The Slavic meaning of the word is given not coincidentally as the town is located in close proximity to the Prypiat marshes.

In Zhytomyr Oblast, between Novohrad-Volynskyi and Korosten, there is another small town of Barashi, about 50 km northeast from Baranivka.

References

Administrative divisions of Zhytomyr Oblast Administrative center: Zhytomyr Raions Andrushivka Baranivka Berdychiv Brusyliv Cherniakhiv Chervonoarmiisk Chudniv Korosten Korostyshiv Liubar Luhyny Malyn Narodychi Novohrad-Volynskyi Olevsk Ovruch Popilnia Radomyshl Romaniv Ruzhyn Volodarsk-Volynskyi Yemilchyne Zhytomyr Cities Regional Berdychiv Korosten Malyn Novohrad-Volynskyi Zhytomyr District Andrushivka Baranivka Chudniv Korostyshiv Olevsk Ovruch Radomyshl Urban-type settlements Category:Zhytomyr Oblast

Coordinates: 50°18′N 27°14′E / 50.300°N 27.233°E / 50.300; 27.233