Mahilyow Voblast
Mahilyow Voblast (Province) or
Mogilev Oblast (;
Mahilyowskaya Voblasc; ;
Mogilyovskaya Oblast;
Łacinka:
Mahiloŭ Vobłaść) is a
province (
voblast) of
Belarus with its
administrative center being
Mogilev (Mahilyow).
Mogilev and
Homiel Voblasts suffered severely after the
Chornobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe in
1986.
Important cities within the voblast' include:
Asipovichy,
Babruysk, and
Mogilev.
The Mahilyow Voblast covers a total area of 29,000 km², about 14% of the national total. The voblast's greatest extent from north to south is 150 km, from east to west - 300 km. The highest point is 239 meters above sea level and the lowest point is 126 m above sea level.
Many rivers flow through the Mahilyow Voblast. They include the:
Dnieper River (Dniapro),
Berezina,
Sozh,
Druts,
Pronya and
Ptych (Ptyč) rivers. However, the voblast' contains little lakes, with the largest being the Zaozerye Lake with a surface area of 0.58 km². Also, the Chihirinsk Reservoir on the Druts river has an area of 21.1 km².
Climate
The Mahilyow Voblast has a temperate continental climate. The region has mild winters and warm summers. January's average temperature reaches from -8.2°C in the northeast to -6.5°C in the southwest. July's average temperature reaches from 17.8°C in the northeast to 18.7°C in the southwest. The region's average vegatative period every year is about 183-194 days. The average percipitation is 575-675 mm a year. About 70% of the year's precipitation falls during the warm season (April-October).
The Mahilyow Voblast has a population of 1,169,100 (2004 estimate), about 12.2% of the national total. Within the voblast', 353,600 people live in rural areas, and 855,000 live in the cities and towns. Also, there are 639,300 women and 567,300 men in the region. About 288,100 inhabitants are children under 18 and 267,300 are elderly people.
Of the major nationalities living in the Mahilyow Voblast, 1,044,000 inhabitants are Belarusians, 132,000 are Russians, 3,500 are
Jews, 2,800 are
Poles, 2,110 are
Ukrainians, 1,700 are
Tatars, 1,300 are
Lithuanians, 1,100 are
Armenians, and 1,070 are
Gypsies.
Today it is comprised of 21
districts (
raions), 195
selsovets, 13 cities, 3 city municipalities, and 12
urban-type settlements.
Raions of Mahilyow Voblast
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Map of the administrative subdivisions of the Mahilyow Voblast. |
The twenty-one
raions (
districts) of the Mahilyow Voblast are:
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Mahilyow (; ;
Łacinka: Mahiloŭ) - 365,100
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Babruysk (; ) - 220,800
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Asipovichy (; ;
Łacinka: Asipovičy) - 34,700
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Horki () - 34,000
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Krychaw (;
Łacinka: Kryčaŭ) - 28,200
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Bychaw (; ) - 17,300
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Kastyukovitchy () - 16,100
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Klimavichy (; ;
Łacinka: Klimavičy) - 16,000
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Shklow (; ;
Łacinka: Škłoŭ) - 15,900
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Mstsislaw or Amstsislaw (; ;
Łacinka: Amścisłaŭ) - 11,700
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Chavusy (; ;
Łacinka: Čavusy) - 10,800
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Cherykaw () - 8,400
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Slawharad () - 8,300
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Subdivisions of Belarus*/
Mogilev Regional Executive Committee
