Established 1923 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 1,485 km² Subdivisions 43 | Postal index 083 Founded 16 August 1923 Team FC Knyazha-2 Shchaslyve | |
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Destinations Kaniv Reservoir, Chubyns'ke, Kyiliv, Hnidyn, Sulymivka | ||
Boryspil Raion (Ukrainian: Бориспільський район, translit.: Boryspil's'kyi raion) is an administrative raion (district) in east-central Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Boryspil, which is incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The raion's area totals 146 km². Population: 52,699 (2013 est.).
Contents
- Map of Boryspilskyi district Kyivska oblast Ukraine
- Geography
- Demographics
- Culture
- Subdivisions
- References
Map of Boryspil's'kyi district, Kyivs'ka oblast, Ukraine
Geography
The Boryspil raion is located in the east-central area of the Kiev Oblast, and has a total area of 146 km².
On the raion's southern border flows the Dnieper River (Dnipro). Near the river, the raion's lowest elevation points are located. Other rivers that flow through the raion include: the left tributaries of the Dnieper: Pavlivka, Mlen, Ikva, and the right tributaries of the Trubizh River: Bochechky, Karan', Vohnyscha, Krasylivka, Al'ta, and Il'tytsia. All of the raion's rivers flow through the low-elevation territory, making all of the rivers flow more slowly. The rivers take their sources from winter snowfalls and seasonal rains. On the southern-most border of the raion is the Kaniv Reservoir, which provides electric supply to nearby areas.
Forests cover about 150 km² of the raion's 146 km² area.
Demographics
The Boryspil raion's total population is 53,483, which includes 23,400 males, and 30,080 females. The number of pensioners totals 16,300, about 33.6% of the total population of the raion. The density of the raion's population is 364 p/km².
The national ethnic composition is: Ukrainians (95.2 %), Russians (3.8 %), Belarusians (0.3 %) and Moldovans (0.1 %).
Culture
Within the Boryspil raion operates a musical school for children (in the village of Schastlyve), a school of art (in the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka) Also, a couple of educational schools operate on the territory of the raion:
A festival (Argo and Kiev's fall; Russian: Агро и Киевская осень), is held two times a year within the village of Chubynske. Within the village of Revne, is a reserved retirement village for veterans of wars. In addition, living quarters are reserved for children of homeless children and children of poor families in the villages of Revne, Abaievykh, and Stare.
Subdivisions
Boryspil raion consists of 20 rural councils that contain 43 villages.