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
• Total	1,967 km2 (759 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	24,709
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	Myadzyel ispolkom website

Myadzel District (Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-ru) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[1] Its administrative center is the town of Myadzyel.^[2]^[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).^[3]

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^[4]

Religion

Churches

Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Kryvičy settlement

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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 14 August 2023.
^ 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 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 14 August 2023.

[2] Myadzel raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website

[statistics-3] "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.

[4] 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