Machulishchy

Machulishchy/Mačuliščy
Мачулішчы
Мачулищи
Orthodox church of St. Pantaleon
Machulishchy/Mačuliščy
Location of Machulishi in Belarus
Coordinates: 53°46′53″N 27°35′45″E / 53.78139°N 27.59583°E / 53.78139; 27.59583Coordinates: 53°46′53″N 27°35′45″E / 53.78139°N 27.59583°E / 53.78139; 27.59583
Country
Voblast
Raion		  Belarus
Minsk Voblast
Minsk Raion
Founded 1590
Elevation 228 m (748 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 7,300
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 223012
License plate 5
Website Official website

Machulishchy (Belarusian: Мачулішчы, Russian: Мачулищи, Polish: Moczuliszcze) is a municipality and town in Belarus, in the Minsk Region, and is part of the Minsk Raion. Its population, as of 2010, was of 7,300.[1]

History

The town was first mentioned in 1590. In 1997 it received the status of "urban-type settlement" (Городской посёлок).

Geography

Situated in southern suburb of Minsk, Machulishi is part of its urban area and one of its main towns also with Zaslawye and Fanipal. It is served by a railway station on the Minsk-Babruysk-Gomel and by the M1 highway.

References

  1. ↑ (in Russian) 2010 statistics of Belarus Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine., rar format (Belstat)

Media related to Machulishchy at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.