Zhytomyr

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Zhytomyr

Total population

267,610

Elevation228 m

Coordinates50.26°, 28.67°

Demographic figures from State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Zhytomyr is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr urban hromada (commune) and Zhytomyr Raion (district). Moreover, Zhytomyr consists of two urban districts: Bohunskyi District and Koroliovskyi District. Zhytomyr occupies an area of 65 square kilometers (25 sq mi). Its population is 261,624.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Heorhii Buiko

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Borys Yosypovych Vaks

painter (1912-1989)

Valentyn Vasyanovych

Ukrainian film director

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Vladimir Voyna

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Boris Gavtusevich

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Viktor Gumenyuk

Ukrainian translator

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Semen Huyetsky

Soviet-Ukrainian artist (1902-1974)

Tetyana Danylenko

Ukrainian journalist

Iryna Dats

Ukrainian musician

Viktor Kryzhanivskyi

Ukrainian diplomat

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ukraine

• Ub
  567.3 mi away · pop. 6,684
• Rahovec
  663.4 mi away · pop. 15,829
• Sangar
  1077.2 mi away · pop. 585
• Ain Isa
  1084.7 mi away · pop. 6,730
• Ivughli
  1135.7 mi away · pop. 3,320
• Tazeh Shahr
  1147 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  1175.3 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Shendabad
  1180.8 mi away · pop. 8,489
• Masrj
  1184.1 mi away
• Ilkhchi
  1203.7 mi away · pop. 15,231
• Bilasuvar
  1216.6 mi away · pop. 14,027
• Ajab Shir
  1225.6 mi away · pop. 33,606

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Zhytomyr

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Potter's Grass Spider

Agelenopsis potteri

Seen 2026-09-16

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-13

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Seen 2026-09-12

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Seen 2026-09-12

Nodding Beggarticks

Bidens cernua

Seen 2026-09-12

Bearded Reedling

Panurus biarmicus

Seen 2026-09-12

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-12

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-12

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-09-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).