Buraki, Poland Explained

Buraki
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Coordinates:54.2567°N 23.2536°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sejny
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Puńsk
Population Total:44[1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-515 [2]
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BSE

Buraki (Lithuanian: Burokai) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[3]

From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.

History

The village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai Voivodeship.[4]

In 1827 the village population was numbered as 68 with 9 residential homes, in 1880 it was apart of the Trakai County with a numbered population of 26 homes and a population of 219 people.[5]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Buraki village.
  2. Web site: Official list of post codes. October 2013. 77. https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf . 2014-02-22.
  3. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  4. Book: Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі . 2013 . Minsk . 71 . Belorussian.
  5. Web site: Buraki Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego. live. 1880. Warsaw. 473.