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54°29′N 26°55′E / 54.483°N 26.917°E / 54.483; 26.917
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Vilyeyka District
Вілейскі раён ( Belarusian)
Вилейский район ( Russian)
District
Flag of Vilyeyka District
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Coat of arms of Vilyeyka District
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Coordinates: 54°29′N 26°55′E / 54.483°N 26.917°E / 54.483; 26.917
Country Belarus
Region Minsk Region
Administrative center Vilyeyka
Area
 •  District2,453 km2 (947 sq mi)
Population
 (2024) [1]
 •  District46,075
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
 •  Urban
26,625
 •  Rural
19,450
Time zone UTC+3 ( MSK)

Vilyeyka District or Viliejka District [2] ( Belarusian: Вілейскі раён; Russian: Вилейский район) is a district ( raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Vilyeyka. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 46,075. [1]

Notable residents

  • Janka Filistovič (1926, Paniacičy village – 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and a member of the underground anti-Soviet resistance in Belarus in the 1950s. [3]
  • Piotra Sych (1912, Baturyna village – 1963) - Belarusian writer and journalist, a Gulag prisoner [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. ^ Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [ Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 244–245.
  4. ^ Пётра Сыч (Piotra Sych) (in Belarusian)
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