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]