Lyakhavichy District
Lyakhavichy District (Belarusian: Ляхавіцкі раён; Russian: Ляховичский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Lyakhavichy.[1]
Lyakhavichy District
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| Coordinates: 53°02′20″N 26°15′59″E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| Formed | 1940 |
| Administrative center | Lyakhavichy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,352.31 km2 (522.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 22,388 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | liahovichi |
Demographics
At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Lyakhavichy District had a population of 30,498. Of these, 88.4% were of Belarusian, 6.5% Polish, 3.5% Russian and 0.9% Ukrainian ethnicity. 90.5% spoke Belarusian and 8.1% Russian as their native language.
Notable residents
- Tadeusz Reytan (1742, Hrušaǔka estate – 1780), politician[2]
References
- "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- 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. 20-21.
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