Barawlyany, Minsk District

Barawlyany
Бараўляны (Belarusian)
Боровляны (Russian)
Village
Barawlyany is located in Belarus
Barawlyany
Barawlyany
Coordinates: 53°59′53″N 27°40′04″E / 53.99806°N 27.66778°E / 53.99806; 27.66778
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictMinsk District
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
8,219
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Barawlyany (Belarusian: Бараўляны, romanized: Baraŭliany; Russian: Боровляны, romanized: Borovlyany) is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[2] It is administratively part of Barawlyany selsoviet.[2] It is located about six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk.[1] In 2010, it had a population of 8,219.[1]

History

In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Barawlyany with adjacent settlements: Lyasny agrotown, Vopytny settlement and Lyeskawka village, into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя. Т. 8: Мінская вобласць, кн. 3. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. 2012. p. 361. ISBN 978-985-11-0636-9.
  2. ^ a b Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 301. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  3. ^ "«Сначала нужно поднять соцстандарты на уровень городских». Что там со статусом города для Боровлян". onliner.by (in Russian). 27 April 2022.
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