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