Dydule [dɨˈdulɛ] (Belarusian: Дыдулі, Podlachian: Didúli) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Orla, 13 km (8 mi) south of Bielsk Podlaski, and 52 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

Dydule
Village
Dydule is located in Poland
Dydule
Dydule
Coordinates: 52°39′N 23°12′E / 52.650°N 23.200°E / 52.650; 23.200
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyBielsk
GminaOrla

It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141