Boryspil Raion

Boryspil Raion
Бориспільський район
Raion
Flag of Boryspil Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Boryspil Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°14′24″N 30°59′39″E / 50.24000°N 30.99417°E / 50.24000; 30.99417Coordinates: 50°14′24″N 30°59′39″E / 50.24000°N 30.99417°E / 50.24000; 30.99417
Country  Ukraine
Region Kiev Oblast
Established 1923
Admin. center Boryspil
Subdivisions
Government
  Governor 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 the town of Boryspil, which is incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The raion's area totals 146 km². Population: 52,699(2013 est.)[1].

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:

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.

Aerial view of Boryspil.

Subdivisions

Boryspil raion consists of 20 rural councils that contain 43 villages.

Largest councils in raion
# Council Population
1 Shchaslyve 5,078 (2001)
2 Voronkiv 4,175 (2001)
3 Velyka Oleksandrivka 3,732 (2001)
4 Vyshenky 3,544 (2001)
5 Kirove 3,496 (2001)
No Main village Other villages
1 Hlyboke Horodyshche
2 Hnidyn
3 Holovuriv Kyiliv
4 Hora
5 Dudarkiv Zaimyshche
6 Ivankiv
7 Kirove
  • Artemivka
  • Lebedyn
  • Mala Starytsia
  • Sulymivka
8 Liubartsi Tarasivka
9 Martusivka
10 Myrne Mali Yerkivtsi
11 Protsiv
12 Revne Leninivka
13 Rohoziv Kyryivshchyna
14 Senkivka
  • Andriyivka
  • Velyka Starytsia
  • Horobiyivka
  • Hryhorivka
  • Perehudy
15 Shchaslyve Prolisky
16 Soshnykiv
17 Stare Vasylky
18 Velyka Oleksandrivka
  • Bezuhlivka
  • Mala Oleksandrivka
  • Chubynske
19 Voronkiv Zhovtneve
20 Vyshenky Petrovske

See also

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