Ivatsevichy District

District of Brest Region, Belarus

District in Brest Region, Belarus

Ivatsevichy District Івацэвіцкі раён (Belarusian) Ивацевичский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 52°42′47″N 25°20′34″E / 52.71306°N 25.34278°E / 52.71306; 25.34278
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Administrative center	Ivatsevichy
Area
• Total	2,998.11 km² (1,157.58 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	50,196
• Density	17/km² (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	ivacevichi.brest-region.gov.by

Ivatsevichy District or Ivacevičy District^[2] (Belarusian: Івацэвіцкі раён; Russian: Ивацевичский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Ivatsevichy.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 50,196.^[1]

Vygonoschanskoye Lake, the sixth-largest lake in Belarus, is situated in the district.^[3]

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Ivatsevichy District had a population of 59,906. Of these, 94.4% were of Belarusian, 3.7% Russian, 0.9% Ukrainian and 0.5% Polish ethnicity. 76.5% spoke Belarusian and 22.7% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 50,922.^[4]

Notable residents

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 1746, Mieračoŭščyna estate – 1817), national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and the United States^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^ "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 13 August 2023.
^ "U.S. Embassy Marks Birthday of Tadeusz Kościuszko With Donation to Museum". U.S. Department of State. 5 February 2015.