Shchuchyn District

District of Grodno Region, Belarus

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District in Grodno Region, Belarus

Shchuchyn District Шчучынскі раён (Belarusian) Щучинский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°33′37″N 24°52′11″E / 53.5602777878°N 24.8697222322°E / 53.5602777878; 24.8697222322
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Shchuchyn
Area
• District	1,911.54 km² (738.05 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• District	31,721
• Density	17/km² (43/sq mi)
• Urban	17,863
• Rural	13,858
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Shchuchyn District or Ščučyn District^[2] (Belarusian: Шчучынскі раён; Russian: Щучинский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Shchuchyn.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 31,721.^[1]

Notable residents

Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski (also known as Vatslaw Ivanowski or Wacław Iwanowski) (1880 - 1943), Belarusian political and public figure of the first half of the 20th century^[3]^[4]
Alaiza Pashkevich (pen name Ciotka) (1876 – 1916), Belarusian poet and political activist of the Belarusian national movement^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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 13 May 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ "Вацлаў Іваноўскі" [Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski]. Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі // Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (in Belarusian).
^ Wilson, Andrew (2021). Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship (New ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-300-25921-6.
^ Alaiza Pashkevich (Алаіза Пашкевіч) (in Belarusian)