Kapyl District
Kapyl District
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| Coordinates: 53°09′00″N 27°05′30″E / 53.15000°N 27.09167°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| Administrative center | Kapyl |
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| • District | 1,600 km2 (600 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • District | 26,533 |
| • Urban | 9,985 |
| • Rural | 16,548 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | Kopyl ispolkom website |
Kapyl District or Kapyĺ District[2] (Belarusian: Капыльскі раён; Russian: Копыльский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] Its administrative center is Kapyl.[3][1] As of 2024, it has a population of 26,533.[1]
Notable residents
- Ales Adamovich (1927, Kanuchi village – 1994), Belarusian writer and critic, author of the screenplay for film “Come and See” [4]
- Paval Zhauryd (1889, Cieciarouka village – 1939), Belarusian military figure, one of the commanders of the Slutsk defence action and a victim of Stalin's purges[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ Kopyl raion page Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at Minsk Oblispolkom website
- ^ Read and See: Ales Adamovich and Literature out of FireBy Valzhyna Mort
- ^ "Першая вялікая бітва за незалежнасць Беларусі – Слуцкі збройны чын (First major battle for independence of Belarus - Slutsk military action) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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