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)

The 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

The 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

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

References

Freemit airtins

Hrodna Regional Executive Committee Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, in Belarusian, Russian, English and Chinese

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