Khoiniki District

Khoiniki District
Хойніцкі раён (be)
Хойникский район (ru)

Coat of arms

Location of Khoiniki Raion within Gomel Region

Government

Area

• Total

2,027.74 km² (782.91 sq mi)

Population (2016)^[1]

• Total

19,539

Website

Khoiniki District or Chojnicki Rajon (Belarusian: Хойніцкі раён, Russian: Хойникский район) is an administrative subdivision, a rajon of Gomel Region, in Belarus. Its administrative seat is the town of Hoiniki.

Geography

The district includes the town of Hoiniki, 8 rural councils (Selsovets), and several villages. Following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, it is partially included in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.^[2]^[3]

Media related to Chojniki District at Wikimedia Commons

Subdivisions of Gomel Region, Belarus

Districts (raions)	Aktsyabrski Brahin Buda-Kashalyova Chojniki Chachersk Dobrush Gomel Kalinkavichy Karma Lyelchytsy Loyew Mozyr Narowlya Pyetrykaw Rahachow Rechytsa Svyetlahorsk Vyetka Jelsk Zhlobin Zhytkavichy

Cities	Brahin Buda-Kashalyova Khoiniki Chachersk Dobrush Gomel Kalinkavichy Mozyr Narowlya Pietrykaw Rahachow Rechytsa Svyetlahorsk Turov Vasilievichy Vyetka Jelsk Zhlobin Zhytkavichy

Populated places of the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve

Raions¹	Brahin Khoiniki Naroulia

Villages	Aravichy Babchyn Bagushi Buda Chamkou Dzernavichy Haroshkau Kalyban Kaporanka Kazhushki Lomachy Novakukhnaushchyna Novy Pakrousk Pasudava Pirki Rudya

¹Only portions of these raions (large or small) were affected due to the Chernobyl disaster List of places in the CEZ (Ukraine)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.