Mogilev

Mogilev Магілёў
Old City in winter
Flag Coat of arms
Mogilev Location of Mogilev, shown within the Mogilev Region
Coordinates: 53°55′N 30°21′E / 53.917°N 30.350°E / 53.917; 30.350
Country Subdivision	Belarus Mogilev Region
Founded	1267
Government
• Mayor	Vladimir Tsumarev
Area
• Total	118.50 km2 (45.75 sq mi)
Elevation	192 m (630 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	374,644
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Postal code	212 001
Area code(s)	+375 222
License plate	6
Website	Official website

Coordinates: 53°55′N 30°21′E / 53.917°N 30.350°E / 53.917; 30.350

Mogilev (or Mahilyow; Łacinka: Mahilioŭ; Belarusian: Магілёў, pronounced [maɣʲiˈlʲou̯]; Russian: Могилёв, pronounced [məɡʲɪˈlʲof]; Polish: Mohylew; Yiddish: מאָליעוו‎, Molyev) is a city in eastern Belarus, about 76 kilometres (47 miles) from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km (65 miles) from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. As of 2011^[update], its population was 360,918, up from an estimated 106,000 in 1956. It is the administrative centre of Mogilev Region and the third largest city in Belarus.

The city is mentioned in historical sources since 1267. From the 14th century it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, since the Union of Lublin (1569), part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where it became known as Mohylew. In 16th-17th century the city flourished as one of the main nodes of the east-west and north-south trading routes.