Sharkawshchyna District Explained
| Official Name: | Sharkawshchyna District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Coordinates: | 55.3667°N 55°W |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Sharkawshchyna |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,196.98 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 13,362 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Sharkawshchyna District (be|Шаркаўшчынскі раён; ru|Шарковщинский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Sharkawshchyna.[2]
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]
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.
- Web site: Vitebsk Region government website . vitebsk-region.gov.by. Belarusian. 11 November 2011.
- Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [''Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka'']. Minsk: Згуртаванне беларусаў свету Бацькаўшчына. pp. 550-551. .
