Krupki District (Belarusian: Крупскі раён; Russian: Крупский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Krupki.[2][1] Also located in the district are the urban-type settlements of Bobr and Khalopyenichy. As of 2024, it has a population of 21,723.[1]
Krupki District
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| Coordinates: 54°19′30″N 29°08′10″E / 54.32500°N 29.13611°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| Administrative center | Krupki |
| Area | |
| • District | 2,138 km2 (825 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • District | 21,723 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10,641 |
| • Rural | 11,082 |
| Website | Krupki ispolkom website |
The largest lake of the district is Syalyava, the 14th-largest lake in Belarus.[3]
Notable residents
edit- Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942, Belaje village), Soviet Belarusian cosmonaut[4]
- Ales Pushkin (1965, Bobr village – 2023), Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and political prisoner[5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Krupki raion page Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine 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 6 September 2013.
- ^ "VLADIMIR KOVALYONOK (URS)". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Case of political prisoner, artist Ales Pushkin filed to court". Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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