Asipovichy District

District of Mogilev Region, Belarus

District in Mogilev Region, Belarus

Asipovichy District Асіповіцкі раён (Belarusian)
District
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Country	Belarus
Region	Mogilev Region
Administrative center	Asipovichy
Area
• Total	1,947.21 km² (751.82 sq mi)
Highest elevation	207 m (679 ft)
Lowest elevation	136 m (446 ft)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	43,849
• Density	23/km² (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Asipovichy District or Asipovičy District^[2] (Belarusian: Асіповіцкі раён; Russian: Осиповичский район, romanized: Osipovichsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is the town of Asipovichy.^[3] In 2009, its population was 52,447. The population of Asipovichy accounts for 62.0% of the district's population.^[4]

Geography

Major rivers in the district include the Berezina River and its tributaries, the Svislach and Ptsich. The Asipovichy Reservoir is on the Svislach. The largerst lake is Lake Lochinskoye.^[5]

Transport

The railroad branches Minsk-Babruysk and Mogilev-Baranavichy and the automobile road Minsk-Gomel run through the district.

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)
^ Osipovichi Raion official website
^ Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская (PDF) (in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ Geography of Osipovichi Raion Archived October 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine