Chernobyl Raion
| Chornobyl Raion Чорнобильський район |
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| Raion of Kiev Oblast | |||||
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| Capital |
Chernobyl 51°16′N 30°13′E / 51.267°N 30.217°ECoordinates: 51°16′N 30°13′E / 51.267°N 30.217°E |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1923 | |||
| • | Merged into Ivankiv Raion |
16 November 1988 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1984 | 2,000 km2(772 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1984 | 44,000 | |||
| Density | 22 /km2 (57 /sq mi) | ||||
| Political subdivisions | 1 municipality 23 rural councils |
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The Chornobyl Raion or Chernobyl Raion (Ukrainian: Чорнобильський район, Chornobyl’s’kyi raion) was one of 26 administrative raions (districts) of Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine. After the Chernobyl disaster, the majority of the raion was contaminated, and many of its populated places were included into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, which is an officially designated exclusion area around the site of the disaster.
The Chernobyl Raion was located in the northern portion of Kiev Oblast, at the time an administrative portion of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. To the raion's east, it bordered upon the Kiev Reservoir; to its south, the Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion; to its southwest, the Ivankiv Raion; and to its west, the Poliske Raion, significant portions of which also suffered due to the Chernobyl disaster.
Today, the territory of the former raion is administratively part of the Ivankiv Raion. Prior to its liquidation, the Chernobyl Raion had an area of 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi) and a population of 44,000. The Pripyat River flows through the territory of the former raion before emptying into the Kiev Reservoir.
The Chornobyl Raion was established in 1923 as part of the Kiev Governorate following an administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. From its creation in 1923 until 1941, its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Chernobyl; after 1941, the settlement's status was upgraded to that of a city of district significance.
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