Slawharad district
District of Mogilev region, Belarus
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Slawharad district or Slaŭharad district[2] (Belarusian: Слаўгарадскі раён; Russian: Славгородский район, romanized: Slavgorodsky raion) is a district (raion) of Mogilev region in Belarus. The administrative center is the town of Slawharad. As of 2009, its population was 14,888. The population of Slawharad accounts for 53.7% of the district's population.[3]
History
As a result of the Chernobyl disaster, part of the district's territory became contaminated, and the inhabitants were resettled. In the area, several settlements remained uninhabited.[4]
