Kirawsk District
Kirawsk District | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev Region |
| Administrative center | Kirawsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,295.20 km2 (500.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 17,235 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Kirawsk District or Kiraŭsk District[2] (Belarusian: Кіраўскі раён; Russian: Кировский район, romanized: Kirovsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev Region in Belarus. The administrative center is the town of Kirawsk.[3] As of 2009, its population was 22,352. The population of Kirawsk accounts for 39.2% of the district's population.[4]
Two major Belarusian automobile roads pass through the raion: P93 and M5 (European route E271).[3]
Notable residents
- Jadvihin Š. (Anton Lavicki) (1869, Dobasnia – 1922), Belarusian novelist, playwright and publicist
References
- ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ a b Kirawsk Raion website Archived 2010-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская (PDF) (in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
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