Ashmyany District
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Ashmyany District
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| Coordinates: 54°17′29″N 26°02′43″E / 54.2914°N 26.0453°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| Administrative center | Ashmyany |
| Area | |
• District | 1,215.92 km2 (469.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 29,133 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,787 |
| • Rural | 12,346 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Ashmyany District or Ašmiany District[2] (Belarusian: Ашмянскі раён, romanized: Ashmyanski rajon; Russian: Ошмянский район, romanized: Oshmyansky rayon) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Ashmyany.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 29,133.[1]
Notable residents
[edit]- Jazep Hermanovich (1890, Halshany – 1978), Belarusian Eastern Catholic priest, writer, poet and Gulag survivor[3]
- Zygmunt Mineyko (1840, Zialony Bor – 1925), a leading figure of the January Uprising on the territory of Belarus [4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ ЯЗЭП ГЕРМАНОВІЧ – СВЯТАР І ПІСЬМЕННІК (Jazep Hermanovich - Priest and Writer
- ^ Імёны Свабоды: Зыгмунт Мінейка (1840 – 27.12.1925) (The Names of Freedom: Zygmunt Mineyko (1840- 27.1#.1925)
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