Baranivka (city)

Baranivka
Баранівка
City

Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka

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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, -- 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.

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

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