Stowbtsy District
Стаўбцоўскі раён (Belarusian)
Столбцовский район (Russian)
Flag of Stowbtsy District
Coat of arms of Stowbtsy District
Coordinates: 53°29′N 26°44′E / 53.483°N 26.733°E / 53.483; 26.733
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
Administrative centerStowbtsy
Area
  Total1,884 km2 (727 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
  Total37,753
  Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Stowbtsy District or Stoŭbcy District[2] (Belarusian: Стаўбцоўскі раён; Russian: Столбцовский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Stowbtsy.[1]

Notable residents

  • Jazep Losik (1884, Mikalajeŭščyna village - 1940), Belarusian academic, leading figure of the independence movement and a victim of Stalin’s purges[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  4. "Имя ў беларускай навуцы: Язэп Лёсік" (A name in Belarusian academia: Jazep Losik) (in Belarusian)
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