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 kilometres. Its population is 261,624.