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DeutschSviatoshynskyi District
Sviatoshyn District Святошинський район | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kyiv City Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 110 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 318.4 |
| • Density | 2,894/km2 (7,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Metro stations | Akademmistechko, Zhytomyrska, Sviatoshyn |
| Website | svyat.kyivcity.gov.ua |
Sviatoshynskyi District (Ukrainian: Святошинський район, romanized: Sviatoshynskyi raion) is an urban district in the city of Kyiv located at the western part of city. The district was created in 2001 after renaming the former Leningrad District. It borders four other districts in Kyiv such as Podilskyi District, Obolonskyi District, Solomianskyi District, Shevchenkivskyi District as well as Bucha Raion that administratively is part of Kyiv Oblast. It takes its name from the historical neighbourhood of Sviatoshyn, named for the 12th century Prince Mykola Sviatosha..
Historical neighborhoods
[edit]The district includes number of neighborhoods: Sviatoshyn, Borshchahivka, Akademmistechko, Aviamistechko, Bilychi, Bratska Borshchahivka, Berkovets, Nyvky 4, Bilychi, Novobilichi, Katerynivka, Zhovtneve, Mykilska Borshchahivka, Pivdenna Borshchahivka, Mykhailivska Borshchahivka, Peremoha and Galagany.
Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion
[edit]Historically the district was referred to as Leninhradskyi and was renamed on 27 April 2001 after one of its neighbourhoods that commemorate.[clarification needed] Its length is over 12 km, with a total area of 65.75 hectares and includes 5 parks. The governing bodies of adjacent Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion of Kyiv Oblast, until it was abolished in 2020, were situated in the Sviatoshyn District of Kyiv as the former oblast raion was purely suburban and lacked a distinctive center settlement.[1]
Demographics
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Population of the district:[2] 2001 – 315,410; 2008 – 327,970; 2020 – 342,544.[3]
Language
[edit]Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[4]
| Language | Number | Percentage |
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| Ukrainian | 239 970 | 77.16% |
| Russian | 66 903 | 21.51% |
| Other[a] | 4 132 | 1.33% |
| Total | 311 005 | 100.00% |
| a Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population. |
Sports and health care
[edit]There are 5 adult and 5 children's polyclinics, a children's clinical hospital, a maternity hospital, 5 hospitals and dispensaries in the district. The residents of the district have at their disposal 5 stadiums, the Nauka sports complex, 4 children's sports schools, and numerous sports clubs. There is a sanatorium for war and labor veterans and a geriatric boarding house in the district.
The main sports center of the district is the TEMP Stadium Sports Complex (10A Generala Vitruka Street). Reconstruction of the complex began in 2017 at the initiative of the district authorities. As of June 2019, 4 additional fields have been built at the stadium.
In 2016–2018, 25 football fields with artificial turf systems were built in educational institutions in the district.
Enclave on territory of district
[edit]Sviatoshynskyi district is the only administrative-territorial unit of the capital of Ukraine, on the territory of which the village of Kotsiubynske is located, which is an enclave of the city of Irpin, Kyiv Oblast.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Kyiv Oblast is administratively independent form the Kyiv city, but Kyiv historically hosts its governing bodies and other institutions.
- ^ Населення міських районів України з 1959 року
- ^ "Головне управління статистики м.Києва — Чисельність населення (щомісячна інформація)". www.kiev.ukrstat.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "Коцюбинська селищна рада - Офіційний сайт смт.Коцюбинське - Візитка Коцюбинського / Коцюбинское, Коцюбинське, Київська область, Біличі, Ірпінь". Archived from the original on 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
External links
[edit]- Brief history of the Obolon and Minskyi districts
- (in Ukrainian) Sviatoshynskyi District administration website
- (in Ukrainian) Святошин in Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv