Ivatsevichy District

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]

Ivatsevichy District Івацэвіцкі раён (Belarusian) Ивацевичский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 52°42′47″N 25°20′34″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Administrative center	Ivatsevichy
Area
• District	2,998.11 km2 (1,157.58 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	50,196
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
• Urban	27,940
• Rural	22,256
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	ivacevichi.brest-region.gov.by

The first monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko in Belarus erected in Mieračoŭščyna in 2018

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

• Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746, Mieračoŭščyna estate – 1817), Polish military leader^[5]

See also

• Byten Ghetto

References

1. "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.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "U.S. Embassy Marks Birthday of Tadeusz Kościuszko With Donation to Museum". U.S. Department of State. 5 February 2015.