Valozhyn district
Valozhyn District
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| Coordinates: 54°05′N 26°31′E / 54.083°N 26.517°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| Administrative center | Valozhyn |
| Area | |
• District | 1,916 km2 (740 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 33,499 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13,863 |
| • Rural | 19,636 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Valozhyn District or Valožyn District[2] (Belarusian: Валожынскі раён; Russian: Воложинский район) is district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Valozhyn.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 33,499.[1]
Notable residents
[edit]- Nahum Goldmann (1895–1982), founder and president of the World Jewish Congress, and president of the World Zionist Organization
- Francišak Kušal (1895, Piaršai – 1969), Belarusian political and military leader[4]
- Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski; 1923–2016), prime minister of Israel and president of Israel
- Yehoshua Rabinovitz (1911–1979), Israeli mayor of Tel Aviv.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "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)
- ^ "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Kušel (Kušal) Francišak
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1 Administrative center of Minsk Region but administratively separated | ||
