Ivatsevichy district or Ivacevičy district (; ) is a

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) of Brest region in

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. Its administrative center is Ivatsevichy. As of 2024, it has a population of 50,196. Vygonoschanskoye Lake, the sixth-largest lake in Belarus, is situated in the district.

Demographics

At the time of the

2009 Belarusian census The 2009 Belarusian census was the second census in Belarus after it became an independent state after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The census was carried out during October 14–24, 2009. The initial results are to be announced by February ...

, Ivatsevichy district had a population of 59,906. Of these, 94.4% were of Belarusian, 3.7%

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, 0.9% Ukrainian and 0.5%

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ethnicity. 76.5% spoke Belarusian and 22.7%

as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 50,922.

Notable residents

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and ...

(1746, Mieračoŭščyna estate – 1817), Polish military leader"U.S. Embassy Marks Birthday of Tadeusz Kościuszko With Donation to Museum". U.S. Department of State. 5 February 2015.
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Demographics

Notable residents

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