# Byerastavitsa district

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District of Grodno region, Belarus

District in Grodno region, Belarus

Byerastavitsa district Бераставіцкі раён (Belarusian) Берестовицкий район (Russian) District Flag Coat of arms Coordinates: 53°11′44″N 24°01′15″E / 53.19556°N 24.02083°E / 53.19556; 24.02083 Country Belarus Region Grodno region Administrative center Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa Area • District 743.58 km2 (287.10 sq mi) Population (2024)[1] • District 14,445 • Density 19.426/km2 (50.314/sq mi) • Urban 5,728 • Rural 8,717 Time zone UTC+3 (MSK)

**Byerastavitsa district** or **Bierastavica district**[2] ([Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Бераставіцкі раён; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Берестовицкий район) is a [district](/source/Districts_of_Belarus) ([raion](/source/Raion)) of [Grodno region](/source/Grodno_region) in [Belarus](/source/Belarus). Its administrative center is [Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa](/source/Vyalikaya_Byerastavitsa).[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 14,445.[1]

## History

The district was founded from [Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union](/source/Polish_areas_annexed_by_the_Soviet_Union) on January 15, 1940, as [Krynki Raion](/source/Krynki_Raion); in 1944, it was renamed to the current name.[3]

## Notable residents

- [Andrzej Poczobut](/source/Andrzej_Poczobut) (born 1973, [Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa](/source/Vyalikaya_Byerastavitsa)), Belarusian and Polish journalist and activist, political prisoner[4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pop_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pop_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pop_1-2) ["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"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/). *belsat.gov.by*. Archived from [the original](https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/) on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Berestovitsa District (Belarus)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090204114911/http://www.belarus.by/en/belarus/territory/grodno/berestovitsar/). Archived from [the original](http://www.belarus.by/en/belarus/territory/grodno/berestovitsar/) on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2008-10-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ANDRZEJ POCZOBUT journalist, Polish minority activist"](https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/andrei-paczobut). Retrieved 20 May 2022.

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