Kapyl District Explained

Type:	District
Kapyl District
Native Name:
Native Name Lang:	be
Flag Size:	150
Seat Type:	Administrative center
Seat:	Kapyl
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Belarus
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Minsk Region
Area Total Km2:	1,600
Population Total:	26,533
Population As Of:	2024
Population Urban:	9,985
Population Rural:	16,548
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Coordinates:	53.15°N 27.0917°W
Leader Title:	ispolkom chairman
Timezone:	MSK
Utc Offset:	+3
Website:	Kopyl ispolkom website

Kapyl District or Kapyĺ District^[2] (Belarusian: Капыльскі раён; Russian: Копыльский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[1] Its administrative center is Kapyl.^{[3] [1]} As of 2024, it has a population of 26,533.^[1]

Notable residents

• Ales Adamovich (1927, Kanuchi village – 1994), Belarusian writer and critic, author of the screenplay for film “Come and See” ^[4]
• Paval Zhauryd (1889, Cieciarouka village – 1939), Belarusian military figure, one of the commanders of the Slutsk defence action and a victim of Stalin's purges^[5]

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=23 Kopyl raion page
4. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7006-read-and-see-ales-adamovich-and-literature-out-of-fire Read and See: Ales Adamovich and Literature out of FireBy Valzhyna Mort
5. Web site: Першая вялікая бітва за незалежнасць Беларусі – Слуцкі збройны чын (First major battle for independence of Belarus - Slutsk military action) (in Belarusian) . 21 June 2022.