Myadzyel District

Myadzyel District

Мядзельскі раён (Belarusian)
Мядельский район (Russian)
Myadzyel District Мядзельскі раён (Belarusian); Мядельский район (Russian)
District
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	Coordinates: 54°52′32″N 26°56′19″E / 54.87556°N 26.93861°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Myadzyel
Area
• District	1,967 km2 (759 sq mi)
Population (2024)
• District	24,326
• Urban	12,846
• Rural	11,480
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	Myadzyel ispolkom website

Myadzyel District or Miadziel District^[2] (Belarusian: Мядзельскі раён, romanized: Miadzielski rajon; Russian: Мядельский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[1] Its administrative center is the town of Myadzyel.^[3]^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 24,326.^[1]

Four of the main lakes of Belarus are situated in this district: Narach (the largest one), Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest) and Myastro (15th largest).^[4]

Notable residents

Maksim Tank (1912–1995), journalist, poet and translator
Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1903–1989), Belarusian emigre politician, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic between 1971 and 1982^[5]

References

^ ^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.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ Myadzel raion page 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 29 September 2013.
^ Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 69

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[pop-1] "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] Myadzel raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website

[statistics-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 29 September 2013.

[5] Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 69

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v t e Subdivisions of Minsk Region, Belarus
Districts (raiony)	Barysaw Byerazino Chervyen Dzyarzhynsk Kapyl Klyetsk Krupki Lahoysk Lyuban Maladzyechna Minsk Myadzyel Nyasvizh Pukhavichy Salihorsk Slutsk Smalyavichy Staryya Darohi Stowbtsy Uzda Valozhyn Vilyeyka
Cities and towns	Barysaw Byerazino Chervyen Dzyarzhynsk Fanipal Kapyl Klyetsk Krupki Lahoysk Lyuban Maladzyechna Maryina Horka Minsk¹ Myadzyel Nyasvizh Salihorsk Slutsk Smalyavichy Staryya Darohi Stowbtsy Uzda Valozhyn Vilyeyka Zaslawye Zhodzina
¹ Administrative center of Minsk Region but administratively separated

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States

Myadzyel District Мядзельскі раён (Belarusian) Мядельский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 54°52′32″N 26°56′19″E / 54.87556°N 26.93861°E / 54.87556; 26.93861
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Myadzyel
Area
• District	1,967 km² (759 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• District	24,326
• Urban	12,846
• Rural	11,480
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	Myadzyel ispolkom website