Kirawsk District

Kirawsk District
Кіраўскі раён (Belarusian)
Кировский район (Russian)
Flag of Kirawsk District
Coat of arms of Kirawsk District
Location of Kirawsk District
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
Administrative centerKirawsk
Area
 • Total1,295.20 km2 (500.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total17,235
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Kirawsk District or Kiraŭsk District[2] (Belarusian: Кіраўскі раён; Russian: Кировский район, romanizedKirovsky 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

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  • Jadvihin Š. (Anton Lavicki) (1869, Dobasnia – 1922), Belarusian novelist, playwright and publicist

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. ^ a b Kirawsk Raion website Archived 2010-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. ^ 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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