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Baranivka (city)

Baranivka
Баранівка
City
Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka
Saint Stanislaus Church in Baranivka
Flag of Baranivka
Flag
Coat of arms of Baranivka
Coat of arms
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: באראניווקעBaranivke) is a town and the administrative center of Baranivka Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 11,980 (2013 est.). 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.

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


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