Vyerkhnyadzvinsk District Explained
| Verkhnyadzvinsk District |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Vyerkhnyadzvinsk |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 19,032 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Elevation M: | 191.8 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,140.76 |
| Coordinates: | 55.7667°N 83°W |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Vyerkhnyadzvinsk District (Belarusian: Верхнядзьвінскі раён; Russian: Верхнедвинский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[2] Its administrative center is Vyerkhnyadzvinsk.[1]
In this district is the northernmost point of Belarus, situated to the north of Osveya Lake.[3] Osveya Lake is the second largest lake in the country. Another large lake in Verkhnyadzvinsk District is Lisno, which is the twelfth largest in Belarus.[4]
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: Verkhnedvinsk Region. Verkhnedvinsk Regional Executive Committee. 2016. 3 August 2016.
- Web site: Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. The Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise "National Cadastre Agency" of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Land of Ancestors. 11 September 2013.
- Web site: Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Land of Ancestors. 29 September 2013.
