Myadzyel District or Miadziel District[2] (Belarusian: Мядзельскі раён, romanized: Miadzielski rajon; Russian: Мядельский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Myadzyel.[3][1] As of 2024, it has a population of 24,326.[1]
Myadzyel District
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| Coordinates: 54°52′32″N 26°56′19″E / 54.87556°N 26.93861°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| Administrative center | Myadzyel |
| Area | |
• District | 1,967 km2 (759 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 24,326 |
| • Urban | 12,846 |
| • Rural | 11,480 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | Myadzyel ispolkom website |
Four of the main lakes of Belarus are situated in this district: Narach (the largest one), Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest) and Myastro (15th largest).[4]
Notable residents
edit- Maksim Tank (1912–1995), journalist, poet and translator
- Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1903–1989), Belarusian emigre politician, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic between 1971 and 1982[5]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Myadzyel District.
- ^ a b c d "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)
- ^ Myadzel raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website
- ^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 69
