Vilyeyka District Explained
| Official Name: | Vilyeyka 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: | Vilyeyka |
| Area Total Km2: | 2453 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 46,075 |
| Population Urban: | 26,625 |
| Population Rural: | 19,450 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Vilyeyka District or Viliejka District[2] (Belarusian: Вілейскі раён; Russian: Вилейский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Vilyeyka.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 46,075.[1]
Notable residents
- Janka Filistovič (1926, Paniacičy village – 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and a member of the underground anti-Soviet resistance in Belarus in the 1950s.[3]
- Piotra Sych (1912, Baturyna village – 1963) - Belarusian writer and journalist, a Gulag prisoner[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)
- Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [''[[Uładzimir Arłou]]. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 244–245.
- https://www.svaboda.org/a/766010.html Пётра Сыч (Piotra Sych)
