Zhytomyr Raion

Zhytomyr Raion (Житомирський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Zhytomyr. The raion covers an area of 1441 km2. Population:

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Zhytomyr Raion was significantly expanded. Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 km2. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

In 1928-39 the raion was known as Troianiv Raion centered in a town of Troianiv (today a small village).