Svetlahorsk
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Coordinates: 52°38′N 29°44′E / 52.633°N 29.733°E
| Svetlahorsk Belarusian:Светлаго́рск |
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  Svetlahorsk
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| Coordinates: 52°38′N 29°44′E / 52.633°N 29.733°E | |||
| Country |  Belarus |
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| Voblast | Homiel Voblast | ||
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| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 71,661 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Svetlahorsk (Belarusian: Светлаго́рск, IPA: [sʲvʲetɫaˈɣorsk]; Russian: 
Светлого́рск) is a town in Homiel Province of western Belarus. It is located by the river Berezina (Biarezina) and has 71,661 inhabitants (2004 estimate). Svetlahorsk is twinned with the German city of Helmstedt.
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[edit] Industry
Within Svetlogorsk there are many industrial activities and organizations. They include: the Svetlogorsk power plant, a chemical man-made fiber plant, a reinforced concrete industrial complex, a Petroleum producing industry, a pulp and paper milk industry, butter-making factory, a bakery, and an industrial college.
Svetlogorsk is also a railroad station on the Zhlobin-Kalinkavichy railway line.
[edit] Sights
Within Svetlahorsk there is an Orthodox church and cathedral, a Catholic cathedral, a quay, and a museum of local lore.
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[edit] Town twinning
[edit] People
- Paulik Dzmitryvich Berasneu (born 1986), accounter-journalist
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