Sharkawshchyna District
Sharkawshchyna District (Belarusian: Шаркаўшчынскі раён; Russian: Шарковщинский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Sharkawshchyna.[2]
Sharkawshchyna District
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Coordinates: 55°22′N 27°28′E | |
Country | Belarus |
Region | Vitebsk Region |
Administrative center | Sharkawshchyna |
Area | |
• Total | 1,196.98 km2 (462.16 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 13,362 |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Notable residents
- Helen Michaluk (born 1930), prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora who was a long-standing (and the only female) head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.[3]
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 5 August 2023.
- "Vitebsk Region government website" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk: Згуртаванне беларусаў свету Бацькаўшчына. pp. 550-551. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8.
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