Michałowo Explained

Michałowo
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Białystok
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Michałowo
Coordinates:53.0367°N 23.6036°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:3343
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-050
Website:http://www.michalowo.ug.gov.pl/

Michałowo (Belarusian: Міхалова) is a town in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Michałowo. It lies approximately 310NaN0 east of the regional capital Białystok. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of Białystok Voivodeship.

The town has a population of 3,343.

Michałowo received its town rights on 1 January 2009.[1]

In November 2021, several NGOs came to Michałowo to provide humanitarian aid to migrants brought to the Belarusian border east of the town.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://isip.sejm.gov.pl/servlet/Search?todo=open&id=WDU20081370860 Ordinance of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland
  2. Web site: BBC. Jenny . Hill. 2021-11-15. Belarus crisis: The locals helping families in Poland's no-go area. live. 2021-11-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116043249/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59289999. In the town of Michalowo, several shipping containers are stacked with bottles of water, food, blankets, nappies. Iwo Los - who represents Grupa Granizca, an umbrella organisation of NGOs - is meeting with other volunteers here. They respond to calls for help, either directly from people in the woods, or from locals living there who spotted them..