Pulyny Raion

Pulyny Raion (Ukrainian: Пулинський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Pulyny. The raion covered an area of 853 square kilometres (329 mi²). It was originally known as Chervonoarmiisk Raion (Ukrainian: Червоноармійський район) but on 19 May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada decided to rename it to Pulyny Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.^[1]

Country Ukraine

Admin. centerPulyny

TimezoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Area code+380

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Pulyny Raion Пулинський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 28°16′32″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Pulyny
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements  — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	853 km2 (329 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	22,193
• Density	26.0/km2 (67.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380

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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 Pulyny Raion was merged into Zhytomyr Raion.^[2][3] The last estimate of the raion's population was 22,193 (2020 est.)^[4]