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Vawkavysk District

Ваўкавыскі раён (Belarusian)
Волковысский район (Russian)
Vawkavysk District Ваўкавыскі раён (Belarusian); Волковысский район (Russian)
District
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	Coordinates: 53°10′N 24°28′E / 53.167°N 24.467°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Vawkavysk
Area
• District	1,192.85 km2 (460.56 sq mi)
Population (2024)
• District	64,036
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Urban	51,676
• Rural	12,360
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Vawkavysk District or Vaŭkavysk District^[2] (Belarusian: Ваўкавыскі раён; Russian: Волковысский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Vawkavysk.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 64,036.^[1]

Notable residents

Larysa Hienijuš (1910, Žlobaǔcy estate – 1983), Belarusian poet, writer and active participant of the national movement^[3]

References

^ ^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)
^ “20 фактаў пра Ларысу Геніюш — легендарную паэтку, якая адмовілася ад савецкага пашпарта” (“20 facts about Larysa Hienijuš - a legendary poetess who declined a Soviet passport” (in Belarusian)

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[pop-1] "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.

[2] Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)

[3] “20 фактаў пра Ларысу Геніюш — легендарную паэтку, якая адмовілася ад савецкага пашпарта” (“20 facts about Larysa Hienijuš - a legendary poetess who declined a Soviet passport” (in Belarusian)

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