Narodychi Raion () was a

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(district) of

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in northern

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. Its administrative centre was located at Narodychi. The last estimate of the raion population before its abolition in 2020 was

Geography

The raion was located in the Polesian Lowland. It covered an area of .

History

Narodychi Raion was formed in 1923. During

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, the raion was occupied by

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between 1941 and November 1943. As a result of the

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, people were permanently evacuated from numerous villages in the raion. Narodychi Raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Narodychi Raion was merged into

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Demographics

As of the

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. By 2020, the population had declined to 9,458.

References

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Former raions of Zhytomyr Oblast Chernobyl Exclusion Zone 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform {{Zhytomyr-geo-stub