Rechytsa District Explained

Official Name:	Rechytsa District
Native Name:
Flag Size:	150
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Belarus
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Gomel Region
Seat Type:	Administrative center
Seat:	Rechytsa
Area Total Km2:	2,713.95
Population As Of:	2024
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	94,749
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	MSK
Utc Offset:	+3

Rechytsa District or Rečyca District^[2] (Belarusian: Рэчыцкі раён|Rečycki rajon; Russian: Речицкий район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Rechytsa.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 94,749.^[1]

Notable residents

• Yury Zakharanka (1952, Vasilyevichy town – 1999), Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs and opposition politician disappeared in 1999^[3]
• Uladzimir (Vladimir) Yarets (b. 1941, Karavacičy), round-the-world traveler^[4]

External links

• Official site
• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 6 May 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. Web site: 22 years since the disappearance of Yury Zacharanka . 6 May 2022.
4. https://gulfnews.com/uae/world-traveller-record-rider-1.476067 World traveller: Record rider