Shchuchyn district

{{Short description|District of Grodno region, Belarus}} {{Expand Russian|topic=geo|date=March 2021}} {{expand Belarusian|topic=geo|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Shchuchyn district |native_name = {{native name|be|Шчучынскі раён}}<br />{{native name|ru|Щучинский район}} |image_flag = Flag of Ščučyn.svg |flag_size = 150 |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Ščučyn, Belarus.svg |shield_size = 75 |image_map = Belarus, Hrodzienskaja voblasć, Ščučynski rajon.png |coordinates = {{coord|53.5602777878|N|24.8697222322|E|source:ruwiki_region:BY_type:landmark|format=dms|display=title,inline}} |settlement_type = District |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Belarus |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Grodno region |seat_type = Administrative center |seat = Shchuchyn |area_total_km2 = 1,911.54 |population_as_of = 2024 |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|title=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|archive-date=2 April 2024|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> |population_total = 31,721 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_urban = 17,863 |population_rural = 13,858 |elevation_m = |timezone = MSK |utc_offset = +3 }}

[[File:Murovanka church.jpg|right|thumb|The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos (1524) in the village of Muravanka.]] '''Shchuchyn district''' or '''Ščučyn district'''<ref>Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)</ref> ({{langx|be|Шчучынскі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Щучинский район}}) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Shchuchyn.<ref name="pop"/> As of 2024, it has a population of 31,721.<ref name="pop"/>

== Notable residents == * Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski (also known as Vatslaw Ivanowski or Wacław Iwanowski) (1880 - 1943), Belarusian political and public figure of the first half of the 20th century<ref> "[https://www.radabnr.org/vaclau-ivanouski/ Вацлаў Іваноўскі]" [Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski]. Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі // Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (in Belarusian). </ref><ref> Wilson, Andrew (2021). Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship (New ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-300-25921-6. </ref> * Alaiza Pashkevich (pen name Ciotka) (1876 – 1916), Belarusian poet and political activist of the Belarusian national movement<ref> [https://www.svaboda.org/a/772104.html Alaiza Pashkevich (Алаіза Пашкевіч)] (in Belarusian) </ref>

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