Nyasvizh District

District of Minsk Region, Belarus

District in Minsk Region, Belarus

Nyasvizh District Нясвіжскі раён (Belarusian) Несвижский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°13′N 26°40′E / 53.217°N 26.667°E / 53.217; 26.667
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Nyasvizh
Area
• Total	862.75 km² (333.11 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	38,889
• Density	45/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Nyasvizh District or Niasviž District^[2] (Belarusian: Нясвіжскі раён; Russian: Несвижский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[3] Its administrative center is Nyasvizh.^[1]

Notable residents

Alexander Nadson (1926, Haradzyeya – 2015), the Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad, scholar, translator and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader^[4]
Uładzimir Žyłka (1900, Makašy village – 1933), Belarusian poet and Gulag prisoner^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "Alexander Nadson (1926–2015) – in Memoriam | The Journal of Belarusian Studies"
^ Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Жылка Ўладзімір Адамавіч" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Uladzimir Žylka, by Leanid Marakou]. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).