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Boryspil Raion ( uk, Бориспільський район,
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: ''Boryspil's'kyi raion'') is an administrative raion (
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) in east-central
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of
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. Its
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is the city of Boryspil. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Boryspil Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions,
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta and Trubizh river ...
and Yahotyn Raions, as well as the cities of Boryspil and
Pereiaslav Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta and Trubizh rivers ...
, which were previously incorporated as cities of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Boryspil Raion. The area of the raion before the reform was . The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was


Geography

The Boryspil raion is located in the east-central area of the Kyiv Oblast, and has a total area of 146 km2. On the raion's southern border flows the
Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukrain ...
(''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 southernmost border of the raion is the
Kaniv Reservoir The Kaniv Reservoir ( uk, Канівське водосховище, ) is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kaniv, it covers a total area of 675 square kilometers within the Cherkasy and Kyiv Obl ...
, 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
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s 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 Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Or ...
(''95.2 %''),
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(''3.8 %''),
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(''0.3 %'') and
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(''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: * Institute of
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and Genetics of Animals (''Ukrainian Academy of Agriculture''); * Central science-laboratory for experiments with water and ground soil (''Institute of Hydrotechno, UAAN''). A festival (''Argo'' and ''Kyiv'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''.


Subdivisions


Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 11 hromadas: * Boryspil urban hromada, with the administration in the city of Boryspil, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Boryspil; *
Divychky rural hromada Divychky rural hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the village of Divychky. It has an area of and a population of 4,367, as of 2020. The hromada contains 7 settlements, which ...
with the administration in the selo of Divychky, transferred from Pereiaslav-Khmelnyitskyi Raion; *
Hora rural hromada Hora rural hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the village of Hora. It has an area of and a population of 6,179, as of 2020. The hromada contains 4 settlements, which are all ...
with the administration in the selo of
Hora Hora may refer to: Companies * Hora (company), a Romanian manufacturer of stringed musical instruments People * Hora (surname) * Hora (musician), member of the Japanese duo Schwarz Stein * Hora people, an indigenous people of Bolivia Places * ...
, retained from Boryspil Raion; * Pereiaslav urban hromada, with the administration in the city of
Pereiaslav Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta and Trubizh rivers ...
, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Pereiaslav; * Prystolychna rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Shchaslyve, retained from Boryspil Raion; * Studenyky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Studenyky, transferred from Pereiaslav-Khmelnyitskyi Raion; *
Tashan rural hromada Tashan may refer to: Geography Bahrain *Tashan, Bahrain, village in Bahrain China *Mount Ta (Yantai) (塔山; pinyin: ''Tǎshān''), a tourist site in Zhifu District, Yantai, Shandong *Tashan Township (塌山乡), a town in Kuancheng Manchu Auton ...
with the administration in the selo of Tashan, transferred from Pereiaslav-Khmelnyitskyi Raion; * Tsybli rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Tsybli, transferred from Pereiaslav-Khmelnyitskyi Raion; * Voronkiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Voronkiv, retained from Boryspil Raion; * Yahotyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Yahotyn Yahotyn () is a city in Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast ( region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Yahotyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 2001, population was 23,659. The current population is Until 18 July 2020, Yaho ...
, transferred from Yahotyn Raion; *
Zolochiv rural hromada Zolochivska rural hromada () is a hromada (community) of Ukraine, located in Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the village of Hnidyn. The hromada (community) is directly adjacent to the city of Kyiv by bordering on its ...
with the administration in the selo of Hnidyn, retained from Boryspil Raion.


Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas, * Hora rural hromada with the administration in Hora; * Prystolychna rural hromada with the administration in Shchaslyve; * Voronkiv rural hromada with the administration in Voronkiv; * Zolochiv rural hromada with the administration in Hnidyn. Previously, it consisted of 20 rural councils that contained 43 villages.


See also

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Administrative divisions of Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast is subdivided into districts (''raions'') which are subdivided into territorial communities (''hromadas''). Current On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to seven. These are: # Bila Tserkva (Білоцерківськи ...
*
Boryspil Airport Boryspil International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Бориспіль») is an international airport in Boryspil, east of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving 65% of its passenger ...


References


External links


kyiv-obl.gov.ua
- Information about the Boryspil raion
Verkhovna Rada website
- Administrative divisions of the Boryspil raion {{Authority control Raions of Kyiv Oblast Kyiv metropolitan area 1923 establishments in Ukraine