Vileyka district
Vileyka district
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| Coordinates: 54°29′N 26°55′E / 54.483°N 26.917°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk region |
| Administrative center | Vileyka |
| Area | |
| 2,453 km2 (947 sq mi) | |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| 46,075 | |
| • Density | 18.78/km2 (48.65/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 26,625 |
| • Rural | 19,450 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Vileyka 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 Vileyka.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 46,075.[1]
Administrative-territorial structure
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The district includes the city of district subordinance, Vileyka, and a number of selsoviets:
Notable residents
[edit]- 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]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 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.
- ↑ Пётра Сыч (Piotra Sych) (in Belarusian)
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