Rechitsa

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Rechitsa is a historic town in southeastern Belarus, situated on the Dnieper River and known as one of the country’s oldest settlements.

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Rechitsa canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
continent Europe
coordinateLatitude 52.3667 N
coordinateLongitude 30.4000 E
country Belarus
countrySubdivision Gomel Region
currentPoliticalEntity Republic of Belarus
linked to: Belarus
firstMentionedInYear 1213
foundedInCentury 9th century
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCulturalInstitution local history museum
public library
theatre
hasEconomicRole regional industrial center
transport hub on the Dnieper
hasFeature historic town center
riverside embankment on the Dnieper
hasHistoricalSignificance one of the oldest settlements in Belarus
hasIndustry food processing
oil refining
timber industry
hasPopulation approximately 65000
hasPostalCodePrefix 247500
hasReligiousBuilding Catholic church
Orthodox churches
hasRiverPortFunction cargo transport
passenger transport
hasSettlementType city
hasTransport railway connection
regional highways
river port on the Dnieper
historicalAffiliation Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
historicalRegion Ruthenia
isAdministrativeCenterOf Rechytsa District
locatedIn Gomel Region
southeastern Belarus
locatedInCountry Republic of Belarus
linked to: Belarus
locatedNear Gomel
border with Ukraine
locatedOnRiver Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper
officialLanguage Belarusian
linked to: Belarusian language

Russian
partOf Rechytsa District
timeZone UTC+3

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