Baranivka, Zhytomyr Oblast Explained

Baranivka
Other Name:Polish: Baranówka
Native Name:Баранівка
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Zhytomyr Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Baranivka in Zhytomyr Oblast##Location of Baranivka in Ukraine
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Zhytomyr Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Zviahel Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Baranivka urban hromada
Area Total Km2:22.34
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:11161
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:50.3°N 67°W

Baranivka (Ukrainian: Баранівка, Russian: Барановка, Polish: Baranówka, Yiddish: באראניווקע Baranivke) is a city in Zviahel Raion in the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine. Prior to the 2020 administrative reform, it was the administrative centre of the former Baranivka Raion. Population: In 2001 the population was 12,584.

The name either comes from the old Slavic language, where means swamp, or from Old East Slavic, where means ram. 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 Zviahel and Korosten, there is another small town of Barashi, about 50 km northeast from Baranivka.