Miory District Explained

Miory District
Settlement Type:	District
Flag Size:	150
Population As Of:	2023
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	17,961
Population Density Km2:	auto
Elevation M:	136
Area Total Km2:	1,786.64
Coordinates:	55.6167°N 64°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Belarus
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Vitebsk Region
Seat Type:	Administrative center
Seat:	Miory
Timezone:	MSK
Utc Offset:	+3

Miory District (Belarusian: Мёрскі раён; Russian: Миорский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.^[2] Its administrative center is Miory.^[1]

Notable residents

Ceslaus Sipovich (1914 – October 4, 1981), bishop of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader.^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 5 August 2023.
Web site: Vitebsk regions. vitebsk-region.by. Belarusian. 11 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111014181003/http://www.vitebsk-region.by/. 14 October 2011.
Nadson, Alexander (2007). Ceslaus Sipovich : the first Belarusian Catholic Bishop in the 20th century (1914-1981). Minsk: Technalohija. .