Grodno Region
Grodno Region (Belaroushie: Гродзенская вобласць, Hrodzienskaja vobłasć; Roushie: Гродненская область Grodnenskaya Oblast; Pols: Obwód grodzieński) is a voblast (province) in northwastren Belaroushie.
The caipital - Grodno is the biggest ceety o the province. It lees on the Neman River.
Demographics (2002)
eeditThe province covers an aurie o 25,000 km² an haes a population o 1,146,100 (2004 estimate), givin a population density o 46/km². Aboot 63.5% live in ceeties an touns, while 36.5% live in rural auries. Females accoont for 53% o the region's population an men 47%. There are about 310,000 childer unner 19, an aboot 240,000 fowk aged ower 60.
Belaroushies accoont for 62.3% o the population. The region is hame tae a significant minority population: Poles (24.8%), Roushies (10%), Ukrainians (1.8%), Jews (0.4%), Tatars (0.2%), Lithuanians (0.2%), ither naitionalities (0.4%).
Whereas Belaroushie as a whole is primarily Roushie Orthodox, Grodno Voblast haes twa major releegions, Roman Catholic an Roushie Orthodox. There are 449 releegious communities an 18 denominations, 2 Roushie Orthodox eparchial destricts, 1 Orthodox nun sorority, 2 Catholic monk britherhuids, 1 Catholic nun sorority, 2 Orthodox an 4 Catholic monasteries, 165 Orthodox an 169 Catholic churches. The Catholic minority is made up maistly o Poles, although the identifier "Pole" haes an aw been historically appleed tae Catholic Belaroushies.
There are a number on naitional minority associations: 6 Pols, 6 Lithuanian, 4 Jewish, 1 Ukrainian, 1 Roushie, 1 Tatar, 1 Georgian, 1 Chuvash.
Admeenistrative subdiveesions
eeditThe Grodno Region is subdividit intae 17 destricts (raions), 194 selsovets, 12 ceeties, 6 ceety municipalities, an 21 urban-type settlements.
- Berestovitsa Destrict
- Volkovysk Destrict
- Voronovo Destrict
- Grodno Destrict
- Diatlovo Destrict
- Zelva Destrict
- Ivje Destrict
- Korelichi Destrict
- Lida Destrict
- Mosty Destrict
- Novogrudok Destrict
- Oshmyany Destrict
- Ostrovets Destrict
- Svisloch Destrict
- Slonim Destrict
- Smorgon Destrict
- Schuchin Destrict
Ceeties an touns
eedit- Grodno - 332,300
- Lida - 98,200
- Svisloch - 7 300
- Słonim - 51,600
- Vaŭkavysk - 46,800
- Smarhoń - 36,700
- Navahrudak - 30,800
- Kareličy - 30,000
- Masty - 17,400
- Ščučyn - 16,000
- Ašmiany - 14,900
- Vialikaja Bierastavica - 12,000
- Skidziel - 10,900
- Iŭje - 8,900
- Dziatłava - 8,300
- Astraviec - 8,300
- Voranava - 7,000
See an aw
eeditReferences
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- Hrodna Regional Executive Committee Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, in Belarusian, Russian, English and Chinese
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