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Svetlahorsk

A settlement in Belarus; local name Светлагорск.

English name

Svetlahorsk — Established English spelling of the current city name; Belarusian and Russian source forms are distinguished in the alternatives.

Other forms in use:

French name

Svietlahorsk — Graphie française du nom actuel de la ville ; les formes issues du biélorusse et du russe sont distinguées dans les variantes.

Other forms in use:

About

Svetlahorsk is an industrial city on the Berezina River in Homiel Region in Belarus. Chemical production and pulp and paper manufacturing have been important to its development.

Notes

Svetlahorsk is an established simplified Belarusian-based form; Svietlahorsk is the national 2007/UN 2012 form. The city was named Shatsilki before 1961; do not confuse it with Svetlogorsk in Russia. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q955359 · JSON

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