Mogilev Region
administrative division (voblasć) in Belarus
(Redirected from Mahilyow Region)
Mogilev Region, also Mahilyow Voblasts (Province) or Mogilyov Oblast is a province (voblast) of Belarus. The administrative center is Mogilyov (Mahilyow).
Mahilyow Voblasts
Магілёўская во́бласць Могилёвская о́бласть Mogilev Oblast | |
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 The Saint Nicholas Monastery, Mogilev | |
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| Coordinates: 53°55′N 30°21′E / 53.92°N 30.35°E | |
| Administrative center | Mogilev |
| Largest cities | Mogilev - 365,100 Babruysk - 220,800 Asipovichy - 34,700 |
| Raions | 21 Towns - 14 Urban localities - 12 |
| City raions | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Pyotr Rudnik |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 239 m (784 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 1,099,374 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Website | region.mogilev.by |
Mogilev and Homyel Voblasts suffered severely after the Chernobyl nuclear radioactive reactor catastrophe in April 1986.
Important cities in the voblast are: Mogilyov, Asipovichy, and Babruysk.
Many rivers flow through the Mahilyow Voblast. They include the: Dnieper River (Dniapro), Berezina, Sozh, Druts, Pronya and Ptsich rivers.
There are 21 districts (raions), 195 selsovets, 14 towns, 3 city municipalities, and 12 urban-type settlements.
