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, Shevchenkivskyi District as well as Bucha Raion that administratively is part of

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. It takes its name from the historical neighbourhood of Sviatoshyn, named for the 12th century Prince Mykola Sviatosha..

Historical neighborhoods

The district includes number of neighborhoods: Sviatoshyn, Borshchahivka, Akademmistechko, Aviamistechko, Bilychi, Bratska Borshchahivka, Berkovets, Nyvky 4, Bilychi, Novobilichi, Katerynivka, Zhovtneve, Mykilska Borshchahivka, Pivdenna Borshchahivka, Mykhailivska Borshchahivka, Peremoha and Galagany.

Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion

Historically the district was referred to as Leninhradskyi and was renamed on 27 April 2001 after one of its neighbourhoods that commemorate. Its length is over 12 km, with a total area of 65.75 hectares and includes 5 parks. The governing bodies of adjacent Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion of

, until it was abolished in 2020, were situated in the Sviatoshyn District of Kyiv as the former oblast raion was purely suburban and lacked a distinctive center settlement.

Demographics

PopulationPyramiideKyivSvyatoshynsky2001

Population of the district: 2001 – 315,410; 2008 – 327,970; 2020 – 342,544.

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Sports and health care

There are 5 adult and 5 children's polyclinics, a children's clinical hospital, a maternity hospital, 5 hospitals and dispensaries in the district. The residents of the district have at their disposal 5 stadiums, the Nauka sports complex, 4 children's sports schools, and numerous sports clubs. There is a sanatorium for war and labor veterans and a geriatric

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in the district. The main sports center of the district is the TEMP Stadium Sports Complex (10A Generala Vitruka Street). Reconstruction of the complex began in 2017 at the initiative of the district authorities. As of June 2019, 4 additional fields have been built at the stadium. In 2016–2018, 25 football fields with artificial turf systems were built in educational institutions in the district.

Enclave on territory of district

Sviatoshynskyi district is the only administrative-territorial unit of the capital of Ukraine, on the territory of which the village of Kotsiubynske is located, which is an

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of the city of Irpin,

Notes

References

External links

Brief history of the Obolon and Minskyi districts
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Sviatoshynskyi District administration website
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