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Vilyeyka District

Coordinates: 54°29′N 26°55′E / 54.483°N 26.917°E / 54.483; 26.917
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Vilyeyka District
Вілейскі раён (Belarusian)
Вилейский район (Russian)
Flag of Vilyeyka District
Coat of arms of Vilyeyka District
Coordinates: 54°29′N 26°55′E / 54.483°N 26.917°E / 54.483; 26.917
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
Administrative centerVilyeyka
Area
 • District2,453 km2 (947 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • District46,075
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
 • Urban
26,625
 • Rural
19,450
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Vilyeyka 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 Vilyeyka.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 46,075.[1]

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. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Пётра Сыч (Piotra Sych) (in Belarusian)