Karelichy District Explained
| Official Name: | Karelichy District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Karelichy |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,093.66 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 18,080 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 7,961 |
| Population Rural: | 10,119 |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Karelichy District or Kareličy District[2] (Belarusian: Карэліцкі раён; Russian: Кореличский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Karelichy.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 18,080.[1]
Notable residents
- Jan Bułhak (1876, Astašyn village – 1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist[3]
- Ignacy Domeyko (1802, Miadzviedka estate – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile[4]
- Archimandrite Leo Garoshka(1911, Traščycy village – 1977), Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.[5]
- Barys Rahula (1920, Turec village – 2005), Belarusian political activist[6]
Notes and References
- 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. 13 May 2024.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- Web site: JAN BUŁHAK – THE MAN WHO CAPTURED TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY VILNIUS . 7 June 2022.
- Web site: Ігнат Дамейка (Ihnat Damejka)(in Belarusian) . 16 May 2022.
- Nadsan, Alexander (2007). Ceslaus Sipovich : the first Belarusian Catholic Bishop in the 20th century (1914-1981). Minsk: Technalohija. pp. 157–158. .
- Web site: Барыс Рагуля (Barys Rahula) (in Belarusian) . 15 April 2022.
