Stowbtsy District Explained
| Official Name: | Stowbtsy District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Stowbtsy |
| Area Total Km2: | 1884 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 37,546 |
| Population Urban: | 17,737 |
| Population Rural: | 19,809 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Stowbtsy District or Stoŭbcy District[2] (Belarusian: Стаўбцоўскі раён; Russian: Столбцовский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Stowbtsy.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 37,546.[1]
Notable residents
- Jazep Losik (1884, Mikalajeŭščyna village - 1940), Belarusian academic, leading figure of the independence movement and a victim of Stalin’s purges[4]
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.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- Web site: 2009 Belarusian census . belstat.gov.by. Belarusian. 11 November 2011.
- http://csl.bas-net.by/news/one-news.asp?id=72768 "Имя ў беларускай навуцы: Язэп Лёсік" (A name in Belarusian academia: Jazep Losik)
