Baranivka (city)

Baranivka Баранівка
City
Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Baranivka Raion
Population (2001)
• Total	12,584
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Baranivka (Ukrainian: Баранівка, Russian: Барановка, Polish: Baranówka, Yiddish: באראניווקע‎ Baranivke) 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, -- a ram of 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 Chudniv Khoroshiv Korosten Korostyshiv Liubar Luhyny Malyn Narodychi Novohrad-Volynskyi Olevsk Ovruch Popilnia Pulyny Radomyshl Romaniv Ruzhyn 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