Hotsimsk District ( be, Хоцімскі раён, russian: Хотимский район, Khotimsky raion) is a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
(
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
) in
Mogilev Region
Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region (''oblast'' ...
,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
, the administrative center is the urban-type settlement of
Khotsimsk. As of 2009, its population was 13,057. Population of Khotsimsk accounts for 54.3% of the district's population. Khotimsk Raion is the easternmost district of the country. The extreme eastern point of Belarus lies to the East of Hotimsk urban-type settlement.
References
Districts of Mogilev Region
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