Dzyarzhynsk District Explained

Dzyarzhynsk District
Native Name:
Native Name Lang:be
Flag Size:150
Settlement Type:District
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Dzyarzhynsk
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Minsk Region
Area Total Km2:1,200
Population Total:70,391
Population As Of:2024
Population Urban:48,048
Population Rural:22,343
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Leader Title:ispolkom chairman
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Website:Dzyarzhynsk ispolkom website

Dzyarzhynsk District or Dziaržynsk District[2] (Belarusian: Дзяржынскі раён; Russian: Дзержинский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk.[3] [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 70,391.[1]

The highest point of Belarus is situated in the district. It is 345 meters above level sea and called Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.[4]

See also

Cities

Urban-type settlements

Agrotowns

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 12 June 2024.
  2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. http://www.minsk-region.gov.by/index.aspx?id=21 Dzyarzhynsk raion page
  4. Web site: Coordinates of the extreme points of the state frontier. Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus . 2011 . Land of Ancestors . 9 September 2013 .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20070126064825/http://www.priluchki.com/top_menu.php?id=10 Stan'kau (Станьков) (in Russian)
  6. https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2020/11/07/96247f72-a7e0-4382-ad1c-ec68459cf6b7.pdf Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды»
  7. Web site: Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу (Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of the researcher, historian and educator)(in Belarusian) . 30 April 2022.
  8. https://rdz.by/data/a-6064.html Тарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе