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Administrative and Territorial
Mogilev Region is located in the middle of the eastern part of the country. It borders Russia. Its area — 29.1 thousand km² (14% of the country’s area) and population — 1,1191.8 people (12.0% of the country’s population). The center of the Region is the city of Mogilev (population size is 362.6 thousand residents). The Region comprises 21 Districts, 15 towns, and 10 urban-type settlements. The chemical and petrochemical complex is dominant in the Region’s industry. The Region exceeds all other Regions of the country in the output of chemical and petrochemical industry. Food and light industry, machine building and power sectors also account for a sizeable share in the Region’s industrial potential. The machine-building and metalworking industries are leading in the motor, agricultural and road-construction machinery subsectors. The major mineral resources being extracted in the Region are cement and lime feed stock, peat, phosphorites, construction sands and sand-gravel material, dolomites and mineral water.
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Farms specialize in dairy and beef husbandry, pig husbandry and flax growing. Sowing areas of cereal and fodder crops and potato have been increased. Farms located in the vicinity of towns also specialize in poultry husbandry and horticulture.
An extensive network of railways and highways connecting the Region both with industrial centers of Belarus and the regions of Russia, Ukraine and Baltic States run through it.