Stowbtsy Raion

Stowbtsy District
Стаўбцоўскі раён (Belarusian)
Столбцовский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Stowbtsy District
Flag
Coat of arms of Stowbtsy District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°29′N 26°44′E / 53.483°N 26.733°E / 53.483; 26.733
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
Administrative centerStowbtsy
Area
 • District1,884 km2 (727 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • District37,546
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Urban
17,737
 • Rural
19,809
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Stowbtsy District or Stoŭbcy District[2] (Belarusian: Стаўбцоўскі раён; Russian: Столбцовский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Stowbtsy.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 37,546.[1]

Notable residents

  • Jazep Losik (1884, Mikalajeŭščyna village - 1940), Belarusian academic, leading figure of the independence movement and a victim of Stalin’s purges[4]

References

  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. ^ "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Имя ў беларускай навуцы: Язэп Лёсік" (A name in Belarusian academia: Jazep Losik) (in Belarusian)