Zawistowszczyzna Explained

Zawistowszczyzna
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sokółka
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sokółka
Coordinates:53.3833°N 51°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Website:http://www.zawistowszczyzna.com/

Zawistowszczyzna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokółka, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-west of Sokółka and 360NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Białystok.

Since March 2007, the sołtys (village chief) is Dr. Mohamed Ali Al-Hameri, a gynaecologist born in Yemen who came to Poland in 1983 to study medicine.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. To nasz pierwszy szejk... wioski ("This is our first village sheikh"), Superfakty