Smarhon District

Smarhon District

Смаргонскі раён (Belarusian)
Сморгонский район (Russian)
Smarhon District Смаргонскі раён (Belarusian); Сморгонский район (Russian)
District
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	Coordinates: 54°29′01″N 26°24′00″E / 54.48361°N 26.40000°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Smarhon
Government
• Chairman	Henadzi Kharuzhyk
Area
• District	1,490.01 km2 (575.30 sq mi)
Highest elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Lowest elevation	121 m (397 ft)
Population (2024)
• District	48,464
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
• Urban	35,422
• Rural	13,042
Website	smorgon.grodno-region.by

Smarhon District or Smarhoń District^[2] (Belarusian: Смаргонскі раён; Russian: Сморгонский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Smarhon.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464.^[1]

Main sights

Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie

Notable residents

Adam Stankievič (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner^[3]
Jan Stankievič (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher^[4]
Antoni Leszczewicz (1890, Abramaǔščyna – 1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis^[5]
Andrei Tsikota (1891–1952), Belarusian priest, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a victim of the Gulag^[6]^[7]

Notes

^ Highest point: Milidauskaya Mountain
^ Lowest point: Lowest spot on the Viliya's bank

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)
^ Biography of Father Adam Stankiewicz
^ Stankievič Jan
^ Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz) (in Belarusian)
^ Biography of Servant of God Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, MIC
^ Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes] - Krynica.info

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[1] Highest point: Milidauskaya Mountain

[2] Lowest point: Lowest spot on the Viliya's bank

[pop-3] "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.

[4] Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)

[5] Biography of Father Adam Stankiewicz

[6] Stankievič Jan

[7] Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz) (in Belarusian)

[8] Biography of Servant of God Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, MIC

[9] Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes] - Krynica.info

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Smarhon District Смаргонскі раён (Belarusian) Сморгонский район (Russian)
District
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 54°29′01″N 26°24′00″E / 54.48361°N 26.40000°E / 54.48361; 26.40000
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Smarhon
Government
• Chairman	Henadzi Kharuzhyk
Area
• District	1,490.01 km² (575.30 sq mi)
Highest elevation ^[a]	320 m (1,050 ft)
Lowest elevation ^[b]	121 m (397 ft)
Population (2024)^[1]
• District	48,464
• Density	33/km² (84/sq mi)
• Urban	35,422
• Rural	13,042
Website	smorgon.grodno-region.by