Krasnapolle District

Krasnapolle District (Belarusian: Краснапольскі раён; Russian: Краснопольский район, romanized: Krasnopolsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev Region in Belarus. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Krasnapolle. As of 2009, its population was 11,176. The population of Krasnapolle accounts for 54.8% of the district's population.[2]

Krasnapolle District
Краснапольскі раён (Belarusian)
Краснопольский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Krasnapolle District
Flag
Coat of arms of Krasnapolle District
Coat of arms
Location of Krasnapolle District
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
Administrative centerKrasnapolle
Area
 • Total1,223.04 km2 (472.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total8,942
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Notable residents
  • Andrej Mryj (1893 – 1943), satirical writer, journalist, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges.[4]

References
  1. "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 5 August 2023.
  2. Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская (PDF) (in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. The names of freedom: Viera Cierliukievič(Імёны Свабоды: Вера Церлюкевіч)
  4. Маракоў, Л[еанід] (2001). "Вядомы пад псэўданімам А.Мрый" [Known as A. Mryj]. Роднае слова (in Belarusian) (9): 97. ISSN 0234-1360.

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