Sharkawshchyna district

Sharkawshchyna District (Belarusian: Шаркаўшчынскі раён; Russian: Шарковщинский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Sharkawshchyna.^[2]

Sharkawshchyna District Шаркаўшчынскі раён (Belarusian) Шарковщинский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 55°22′N 27°28′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
Administrative center	Sharkawshchyna
Area
• Total	1,196.98 km2 (462.16 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	13,362
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Notable residents

• Helen Michaluk (born 1930), prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora who was a long-standing (and the only female) head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.^[3]

References

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. "Vitebsk Region government website" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
3. Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk: Згуртаванне беларусаў свету Бацькаўшчына. pp. 550-551. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8.