Svietlahorsk

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Svietlahorsk[1]
Belarusian: Светлаго́рск
Russian: Светлого́рск
In the center of town.
In the center of town.
Flag of Svietlahorsk[1]
Flag		 Official seal of Svietlahorsk[1]
Seal
Nickname(s): Svietly (The Bright), Belarusian: Светлы
Svietlahorsk[1] is located in Belarus
Svietlahorsk[1]
Svietlahorsk[1]
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Country  Belarus
Region Flag of Нomieĺskaja Voblasć. Gomel
Raion Svetlahorsk
The first written mention 1560
Area
 • Total 25.85 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Elevation 131 m (430 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 68,593
 • Density 2,796/km2 (7,240/sq mi)
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Time zone EET (UTC+3)
Postal code 24743х (Russian)
Area code(s) 375 (0) (2342) (Russian)
License plate 3
Website Official website (Russian)

Svietlahorsk (Belarusian: Светлаго́рск, [sʲvʲetɫaˈɣorsk], Svetlogorsk (Russian: Светлого́рск), until 1961 Šacilki, Belarusian: Шацілкі) is a town in the Svietlahorsk District of Gomel Region of Belarus, the administrative center of the rajon (district). It is located by the Berezina River and has 68,593 inhabitants (2015 estimate).

Svietlаhorsk-na-Biarezinie (Svietlаhorsk on Biarezina) is also a railroad station on the Zhlobin — Kalinkavichy railway line.

Industry

Within Svietlahorsk there are many industrial activities and organizations. They include: the power plant, a chemical man-made fiber plant, a reinforced concrete industrial complex, a Petroleum producing industry, a pulp and paper milk industry, butter-making factory, a bakery, and an industrial college.

Sights

Within Svietlahorsk there is an Orthodox church and cathedral, a Catholic church, a quay, and a museum of local lore.

Health

Svietlahorsk is the region worst affected by HIV-AIDS in Belarus. Although the city accounts for less than 1% of the population of Belarus, it accounts for close to 30% of all the reported cases of HIV infections.[3][4] Around 6% of the adult population in Svietlahorsk is HIV positive.[5]

Twin towns

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  1. ↑ According to the Instruction on Latin Transliteration of Geographical Names of the Republic of Belarus (decree of the State Committee on Land Resources, Surveying and Cartography of the Republic of Belarus dated 11.06.2007 No. 38): Постановление Государственного комитета по имуществу Республики Беларусь от 11.06.2007 № 38 «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Инструкцию по транслитерации географических названий Республики Беларусь буквами латинского алфавита» // Национальный правовой интернет-портал Республики Беларусь. (Russian)
  2. ↑ Статистический бюллетень «Численность населения на 1 января 2015 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2014 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа».
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