Krupki District Explained
| Type: | District |
| Krupki District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Krupki |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,138 |
| Population Total: | 21,723 |
| Population Urban: | 10,641 |
| Population Rural: | 11,082 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Leader Title: | ispolkom chairman |
| Website: | Krupki ispolkom website |
Krupki District (Belarusian: Крупскі раён; Russian: Крупский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Krupki.[2] [1] Also located in the district are the urban-type settlements of Bobr and Khalopyenichy. As of 2024, it has a population of 21,723.[1]
The largest lake of the district is Syalyava, the 14th-largest lake in Belarus.[3]
Notable residents
- Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942, Belaje village), Soviet Belarusian cosmonaut[4]
- Ales Pushkin (1965, Bobr village – 2023), Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and political prisoner[5]
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. 12 June 2024.
- http://www.minsk-region.gov.by/index.aspx?id=24 Krupki raion page
- Web site: Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus . Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. . 2011 . Land of Ancestors . 6 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929085748/http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/238-main-characteristics-of-the-largest-lakes-of-belarus.html . 29 September 2013 . dead .
- Web site: VLADIMIR KOVALYONOK (URS) . 18 June 2022.
- Web site: Case of political prisoner, artist Ales Pushkin filed to court . 3 May 2022.
