Vawkavysk District Explained
| Official Name: | Vawkavysk District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Vawkavysk |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,192.85 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 64,036 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 51,676 |
| Population Rural: | 12,360 |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Vawkavysk District or Vaŭkavysk District[2] (Belarusian: Ваўкавыскі раён; Russian: Волковысский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Vawkavysk.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 64,036.[1]
Notable residents
- Larysa Hienijuš (1910, Žlobaǔcy estate – 1983), Belarusian poet, writer and active participant of the national movement[3]
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. 13 May 2024.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- https://www.svaboda.org/a/30101226.html “20 фактаў пра Ларысу Геніюш — легендарную паэтку, якая адмовілася ад савецкага пашпарта” (“20 facts about Larysa Hienijuš - a legendary poetess who declined a Soviet passport”
