Malyn Raion
Former subdivision of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
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Malyn Raion (Ukrainian: Малинський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Malyn, which did not belong to the raion and was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. The raion covered an area of 1,406 square kilometres (543 mi2). The 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 Malyn Raion was merged into Korosten Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,010 (2020 est.)[3]
Malyn Raion
Малинський район | |
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| Coordinates: 50°49′41″N 29°2′12″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Malyn |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Area | |
• Total | 1,406 km2 (543 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 18,010  |
| • Density | 12.81/km2 (33.18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380 |
Geography
It was situated in the north-eastern part of the Oblast. Distance Malyn to the Oblast center is a 102 km by highways.
Social and historic tourist objects
There is the row of sights of architecture and town-planning: Mykolaivska church in v. Vorsivka (in 1850), St. Mykhailyvska church in v Ukrainka (end of a ХІХc.); railway station in v. Chopovychi (the end of the ХІХc.).
