Zhodzina (officially transliterated as Žodzina, also spelled Zhodino, Belarusian:Жо́дзіна, pronounced[ˈʐodzʲina], Russian:Жо́дино, pronounced[ˈʐodʲɪnə]), is a city in Belarus, located in the Minsk Region, 50km to north-east from Minsk. The city covers an area of 19km² and has a population of 61,800 (2010).