Kalinkavichy
Kalinkavichy | Kalinkovichi | |||
Калінкавічы | Калинковичи | |||
( Belarus. ) | ( Russian ) | |||
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State : | Belarus | ||
Woblasz : | Homel | ||
Coordinates : | 52 ° 8 ′ N , 29 ° 20 ′ E | ||
Height : | 126 m | ||
Residents : | 38,381 (2009) | ||
Time zone : | Moscow time ( UTC + 3 ) | ||
Telephone code : | (+375) 2345 | ||
Postal code : | 247710 | ||
License plate : | 3 | ||
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Kalinkavichy ( Belarus. Калінкавічы ; Russian Kalinkowitschi ) is a city in the Republic of Belarus in Homelskaya Woblasz with around 38,000 inhabitants. Kalinkavichy is the administrative center of Kalinkavichy Rajon .
geography
The city is located in the south of the country in the east of the Polesian countryside between the cities of Mazyr (11 km away) and Homel (120 km away).
coat of arms
Description: A silver tipped pole splits the coat of arms in blue and red.
traffic
Kalinkavichy is located at the crossroads of the railway lines and main roads from Brest to Gomel and from Minsk to Kiev .
sons and daughters of the town
- Uladsimir Sjamaschka (* 1949), politician
- Raman Petruschenka (* 1980), canoeist
Web links
Commons : Kalinkawitschy - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Семашко Владимир Ильич , belarusprofile.com
- ↑ Roman Petrushenko in the database of Sports-Reference (English)