Pyetrykaw District or Pietrykaŭ District[2] (Belarusian: Петрыкаўскі раён, romanized: Pietrykaŭski rajon; Russian: Петриковский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Pyetrykaw. As of 2024, it has a population of 25,531.[1]
Pyetrykaw District
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| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Gomel Region |
| Administrative center | Pyetrykaw |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,835.18 km2 (1,094.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 25,531 |
| • Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 3 (MSK) |
Notable residents
edit- Aleś Dudar (1904, Navasiolki village – 1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges[4]
- Mikhail Marynich (1940, Staryja Haloǔčycy village – 2014), Belarusian diplomat, public figure and political prisoner[5]
Notes
edit- ^ a b "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 9 April 2024.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ Pyetrykawski Rayon (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Дудар Алесь" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aleś Dudar, by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
- ^ Belarusian opposition takes heart
52°15′N 028°30′E / 52.250°N 28.500°E
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