Shevchenko Raion (Kiev)

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Shevchenko Raion
(Шевченківський район / Shevchenkivskyj rajon)
Coat of arms of Shevchenko Raion Shevchenko Raion in Ukraine
location
Oblast : Kiev
City : Kiev
Basic data
Height : Information is missing
Geographic location : 50 ° 28 '  N , 30 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '59 "  N , 30 ° 27' 15"  E
Area : 27 km²
Residents : 220,077 (2020)
Population density : 8,151 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : Information is missing
Area code : Information is missing
KOATUU : 8039100000
District administration
Address : вул. Б. Хмельницького 24
01 030 м. Київ
Head: Viktor Pylypyschyn
Website : http://www.shev.gov.ua/
Overview map
Shevchenko Raion (Ukraine)
Shevchenko Raion
Shevchenko Raion
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Statistical information


The Raion Shevchenko (Ukrainian Шевченківський район / Shevchenkivskyi rayon , Russian Шевченковский район / Shevchenkovsky rayon ) is one of the ten city rajone the Ukrainian capital Kiev with 220,077 inhabitants (2020).

The area of ​​the Rajon is 27 km² and the population density is 8434 inhabitants per km². The name of the Rajon located in the center of Kiev was given in honor of the Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko . The Rajon was founded in 1937, in 2001 the Rajons Radjansk and Staryj Kyiv were incorporated.

Streets, squares and sights

Kiev's capital boulevard, the Khreshchatyk , begins at the European Square , intersects the Maidan Nesaleschnosti and ends at Bessarabska Square , where the Taras Shevchenko Boulevard begins. At the end of it is Victory Square , behind which the boulevard continues as Victory Prospectus. Bohdan-Khmelnitsky Street , which is crossed by Wolodymyrska Street , also begins at Khreshchatyk . In addition to the sights in these places, there is also the Kiev TV tower , Babyn Yar , the Podhorskyj house and the Lukjanivska cemetery in the Rajon . In the Rajon is the St. Michael's Monastery , the Vladimir Cathedral , the Golden Gate of Kiev , the Kiev Zoo , the National Circus of Ukraine , the Taras Shevchenko Opera House and the St. Sophia Cathedral .

Web links

  • shev.gov.ua - official website of Shevchenko Raion (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Головне управління статистики м.Києва - Чисельність населення (щомісячна інформація). Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Women's Convent of the Protection and Intercession in Shevchenko Raion