Desnianskyi District, Kyiv

Desnianskyi District Деснянський район
Urban district in Kyiv
Desniansky District as seen from the northern outskirts of Kyiv
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Coordinates: 50°31′48″N 30°42′15″E / 50.53000°N 30.70417°E / 50.53000; 30.70417
Country	Ukraine
Region	Kyiv
Established	30.12.1987
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements  — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Dmytro Ratnikov
Area
• Total	142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Population
• Total	368 500[1]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	38044
Website	http://desn.kyivcity.gov.ua

Desnianskyi District (Ukrainian: Деснянський район, romanized: Desnianskyi raion) is an administrative raion (district or borough) of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located in the north-eastern part of the city on the Left Bank^[b] of the Dnieper River and is the most populous district of Kyiv. It is also the second largest district, with the total area of ca. 14.2 ha.

The Desnianskyi District mainly consists of two microdistricts – Troieshchyna and Lisovyi – making it predominantly residential in nature. There is only one clear-cut, (yet small) industrial zone called Kulykove on the border with Dniprovskyi Raion. This fact explains why the district has the lowest number of registered business entities among Kyiv raions.^[2] Much like commuter town, therefore, Desnianskyi District has very little commercial or industrial activity beyond a small amount of retail, oriented toward serving the locals. However, it differs from commuter towns in that it forms part of the city proper and is not regarded as suburb in a classical sense. Still, its currently weak transportation links with the major part of the city on the Right Bank make it appear as a "city inside a city", which is especially true for Troieshchyna microdistrict.^[3]