Braslaw District Explained
| Braslaw District |
| Population Total: | 23,428 |
| Elevation M: | 131 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,270 |
| Coordinates: | 55.6433°N 27.0614°W |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Braslaw |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Braslaw District or Braslaŭ District[2] (be|Браслаўскі раён; ru|Браславский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative centre is Braslaw.[1]
The district is known for its numerous lakes. The national park and popular tourist region Braslaw Lakes is situated here. The four largest lakes here are Dryvyaty (the fifth largest in Belarus), Snudy (the ninth largest in Belarus), Strusta (the sixteenth largest in Belarus) and Rychy (the seventeenth largest in Belarus).[4]
Notable residents
- Alesia Furs (1925, Aziarava village - 2017), member of the Belarusian independence movement and Anti-Soviet resistance and a Gulag prisoner.[5]
- Tomasz Wawrzecki (1753, Mejšty estate –1816), politician and military commander.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 5 August 2023.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- Web site: Vitebsk Region . vitebsk-region.gov.by. be. 2015-10-06.
- Web site: Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus . Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. . 2011 . Land of Ancestors . 5 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929085748/http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/238-main-characteristics-of-the-largest-lakes-of-belarus.html . 29 September 2013 . dead .
- "slounik.org: Furs Alesia (Фурс Алеся)". slounik.org
- https://www.movananova.by/medyateka/tamash-vauzhecki.html Тамаш Ваўжэцкі (Tomasz Wawrzecki)
