Braslaw District

Braslaw District

Браслаўскі раён (Belarusian)
Braslaw District Браслаўскі раён (Belarusian)
District
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	Coordinates: 55°38′36″N 27°03′41″E / 55.64333°N 27.06139°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
Administrative center	Braslaw
Area
• Total	2,270 km2 (880 sq mi)
Elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Population (2023)
• Total	23,428
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Braslaw District or Braslaŭ District^[2] (Belarusian: Браслаўскі раён; Russian: Браславский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.^[3] Its administrative centre is Braslaw.^[1]

The district is known for its numerous lakes. The national park and popular tourist region Braslaw Lakes is situated here. The four largest lakes here are Dryvyaty (the fifth largest in Belarus), Snudy (the ninth largest in Belarus), Strusta (the sixteenth largest in Belarus) and Rychy (the seventeenth largest in Belarus).^[4]

Notable residents

Alesia Furs (1925, Aziarava village - 2017), member of the Belarusian independence movement and Anti-Soviet resistance and a Gulag prisoner.^[5]
Tomasz Wawrzecki (1753, Mejšty estate –1816), politician and military commander.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
^ "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 5 October 2013.
^ "slounik.org: Furs Alesia (Фурс Алеся)". slounik.org
^ Тамаш Ваўжэцкі (Tomasz Wawrzecki)(in Belarusian)

[pop-1] "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[2] Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)

[3] "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.

[lakes-4] "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 5 October 2013.

[5] "slounik.org: Furs Alesia (Фурс Алеся)". slounik.org

[6] Тамаш Ваўжэцкі (Tomasz Wawrzecki)(in Belarusian)

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v t e Subdivisions of Vitebsk Region, Belarus
Districts (raiony)	Beshankovichy Braslaw Chashniki Dokshytsy Dubrowna Haradok Hlybokaye Lyepyel Lyozna Miory Orsha Pastavy Polotsk Rasony Sharkawshchyna Shumilina Syanno Talachyn Ushachy Vitebsk Vyerkhnyadzvinsk
Cities and towns	Baran Beshankovichy Braslaw Chashniki Dzisna Dokshytsy Dubrowna Haradok Hlybokaye Lyepyel Lyozna Miory Novolukoml Novopolotsk Orsha Pastavy Polotsk Syanno Talachyn Vitebsk Vyerkhnyadzvinsk

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States

Braslaw District Браслаўскі раён (Belarusian)
District
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 55°38′36″N 27°03′41″E / 55.64333°N 27.06139°E / 55.64333; 27.06139
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
Administrative center	Braslaw
Area
• Total	2,270 km² (880 sq mi)
Elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	23,428
• Density	10/km² (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)