Bykhaw district
Bykhaw district
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| Coordinates: 53°31′34″N 30°14′09″E / 53.52611°N 30.23583°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev region |
| Administrative center | Bykhaw |
| Area | |
• District | 2,263.16 km2 (873.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• District | 28,172 |
| • Density | 12.448/km2 (32.240/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,349 |
| • Rural | 11,823 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Bykhaw district or Bychaŭ district (Belarusian: Быхаўскі раён; Russian: Быховский район, romanized: Bykhovsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev region in Belarus. Its administrative center is the town of Bykhaw. As of 2009, its population was 35,148; the population accounted for 48.5% of the district's population. As of 2024, it has a population of 28,272.
Nearly all Bykhaw district is in the "residential zone with periodic radiation monitoring" - an area with soil contamination due to Chernobyl disaster.