Machulishi

Mačuliščy / Mačuliši Мачулішчы / Мачулищи
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Mačuliščy / Mačuliši Мачулішчы / Мачулищи Location of Machulishi in Belarus
Coordinates:
Country Voblast Raion	Belarus Minsk Voblast Minsk Raion
Founded	1590
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	7,300
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	223012
License plate	5
Website	Official website

Machulishi (Belarusian: Мачулішчы, Machulishchy - Russian: Мачулищи) is a municipality and urban settlement in Belarus, in the Minsk Region, and is part of the Minsk Raion. Its population, as of 2010, was of 7,300.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1590. In 1997 it received the status of "urban-type settlement" (Городской посёлок).

Geography

Situated in southern suburb of Minsk, Machulishi is part of its urban area and one of its main towns also with Zaslawye and Fanipol. It is served by a railway station on the Minsk-Babruysk-Gomel and by the M1 highway.

Gallery

• Machulischi station.jpg

  Railway station

• Machulischi houses.jpg

  Multi-storeyed buildings

• Machulischi obelisk.jpg

  Memorial obelisk devoted to World War II veterans

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (Russian) Machulishi official website