Svislach district

Svislach District or Svislač District^[2] (Belarusian: Свіслацкі раён; Russian: Свислочский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Svislach.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 12,755.^[1]

Svislach District Свіслацкі раён (Belarusian) Свислочский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°02′N 24°06′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Svislach
Area
• District	1,449.53 km2 (559.67 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	12,755
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
• Urban	6,661
• Rural	6,094
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Notable residents

• Vincent Hadleŭski (1888, village of Porozowo (now Šuryčy) – 1942), Belarusian Catholic priest, publicist and politician, victim of the Nazi repressions^[3]

References

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 13 May 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. Яны былі першыя. Вінцэнт Гадлеўскі(They were the first. Vincent Hadleŭski (in Belarusian)