Ivankiv Raion

Ivankiv Raion
Іванківський район
Raion
Flag of Ivankiv Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Ivankiv Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°7′22″N 30°0′14″E / 51.12278°N 30.00389°E / 51.12278; 30.00389Coordinates: 51°7′22″N 30°0′14″E / 51.12278°N 30.00389°E / 51.12278; 30.00389
Country  Ukraine
Region Kiev Oblast
Admin. center Ivankiv
Subdivisions
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code +380

Ivankiv Raion (Ukrainian: Іванківський район) is a raion (district) in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Ivankiv. Population: 30,676(2013 est.)[1].

Overview

The raion has increased in 1986 after the disestablishment of the Chernobyl Raion due to the Chernobyl disaster. Today Ivankiv Raion administers the former territory of the depopulated region that is majorly part of the zone of alienation and supervised by the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine.

Locator map shwoing Ivankiv Raion (yellow) before 1988. The former Chernobyl Raion is shown in green, and the yellow dot represents the city of Pripyat, autonomous since 1980 
A restaurant in Ivankiv 

See also

References

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