Nowe Leśne Bohatery | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Augustów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Lipsk |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.7981°N 23.5244°W |
Nowe Leśne Bohatery (Belarusian: Новыя Лясныя Багатыры) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipsk, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) north-east of Lipsk, 380NaN0 east of Augustów, and 800NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.
The name of the settlement originates from Belarusian: '''багатыр''', which means "rich man". There is also a settlement Polnyja Bahatyry on the Belarusian side of the border.