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Żytomierz

Zhytomyr
Житомир
Mykhailivska street in Zhytomyr
Mykhailivska street in Zhytomyr
Flag of Zhytomyr
Flag
Coat of arms of Zhytomyr
Coat of arms
Zhytomyr is located in Ukraine
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr is located in Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Coordinates: 50°15′0″N 28°40′0″E / 50.25000°N 28.66667°E / 50.25000; 28.66667Coordinates: 50°15′0″N 28°40′0″E / 50.25000°N 28.66667°E / 50.25000; 28.66667
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast
Founded 884
Government
 • Mayor Serhii Sukhomlyn
Area
 • Total 61 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation 221 m (725 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 268 000
 • Density 4,393/km2 (11,380/sq mi)
Time zones UTC+2
UTC+3
Postal code 10000 — 10036
Area code(s) +380 412
Website Zhytomyr

Zhytomyr (Ukrainian: Жито́мир pronounced [ʒɪˈtɔmɪr], Russian: Жито́мир, Polish: Żytomierz, Yiddish: זשיטאָמיר‎) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion (district). The city of Zhytomyr is not a part of Zhytomyr Raion: the city itself is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast; moreover Zhytomyr consists of two so-called "raions in a city": Bohunskyi Raion and Koroliovskyi Raion (named in honour of Sergey Korolyov). Zhytomyr occupies an area of 65 square kilometres (25 square miles). Its population is 271,303 (2013 est.).

Zhytomyr is a major transportation hub. The city lies on a historic route linking the city of Kiev with the west through Brest. Today it links Warsaw with Kiev, Minsk with Izmail, and several major cities of Ukraine. Zhytomyr was also the location of Ozerne airbase, a key Cold War strategic aircraft base located 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) southeast of the city.

Important economic activities of Zhytomyr include lumber milling, food processing, granite quarrying, metalworking, and the manufacture of musical instruments.


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