Svyetlahorsk District Explained
| Official Name: | Svyetlahorsk District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gomel Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Svyetlahorsk |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,899.91 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 75,845 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Svyetlahorsk District or Svietlahorsk District[2] (Belarusian: Светлагорскі раён|Svietlahorski rajon; Russian: Светлогорский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Svyetlahorsk. As of 2024, it has a population of 75,845.[1]
Notable residents
- Ihar Hermianchuk (1961, Strakavičy village – 2002), prominent Belarusian journalist and political activist[3]
- Ściapan Niekraševič (1983, the estate of Daniłoŭka - 1937), Belarusian academic, political figure and a victim of Stalin’s purges[4]
Notes and References
- 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.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2020/03/23/2d996527-ef9d-472b-8d1d-a2543a047ce5.pdf Siarhej Astraǔcoǔ. Mr. Svaboda: The life and death of Igor Hermenchuk. (Library of Freedom. XXI century). - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Сяргей Астраўцоў. Спадар Свабода: Жыцьцё і сьмерць Ігара Герменчука. (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе). – Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода)(in Belarusian)
- Web site: Niekraševič Ściapan. 2021-12-26. www.slounik.org.
