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Russian:Жабинка
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Byelorussian:Жабінка
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German:Schabinka -
Polish:Żabinka
Zhabinka is a town, 30 km east of Brest,
Belarus. It is the administrative
center of 1 of the 16 districts in Brest Region. Its population is 12,900.
The name was first mentioned in
Russian official papers in 1817.
In 1882 a railway station was built here on
the important transcontinental railway line, connected Warsaw,
Brest and Moscow. It gave a powerful impetus to the development
of the place. Within 2 decades it turned from a village into a
town, attracting people of commerce, after the station boosted
the economic development of the place.
In 2007 the town marks the 190th anniversary of its first
official record and 125th anniversary of the railway station.
For 125 years the town has been sprawling
along the road from the railway station southwards to the
highway Brest-Moscow, that is the major transcontinental traffic
artery E30 today. After WW2 a big sugar refinery was built north
of the railway line. A big settlement appeared around it.
Today Kirov Street starts from the railway
station, running across the town center with a big square and a
park, further on southwards to the highway.
The town lies on the Mukhavets River at the
confluence of the tiny Zhabinka River, that is rather a creek.
There is the biggest in the district water reservoir Vizzhar (25
ha) in the northern part of the town.
The town occupies 9.11 sq. km.
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