Vawkavysk district

{{Short description|District of Grodno region, Belarus}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Vawkavysk district |native_name = {{native name|be|Ваўкавыскі раён}}<br />{{native name|ru|Волковысский район}} |image_flag = BIA Wołkowysk flag.svg |flag_size = 150 |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Vaŭkavysk, Belarus.svg |shield_size = 75 |image_map = Belarus, Hrodzienskaja voblasć, Vaŭkavyski rajon.png |coordinates = {{Coord|53|10|N|24|28|E|type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-itwiki|display=title,inline}} |settlement_type = [[Districts of Belarus|District]] |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Belarus]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Belarus|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Grodno region]] |seat_type = Administrative center |seat = [[Vawkavysk]] |area_total_km2 = 1,192.85 |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 = 64,036 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_urban = 51,676 |population_rural = 12,360 |elevation_m = |timezone = [[Moscow Time|MSK]] |utc_offset = +3 }}

'''Vawkavysk district''' or '''Vaŭkavysk district'''<ref>Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)</ref> ({{langx|be|Ваўкавыскі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Волковысский район}}) is a [[districts of Belarus|district]] ([[raion]]) of [[Grodno region]] in [[Belarus]]. The administrative center is [[Vawkavysk]].<ref name="pop"/> As of 2024, it has a population of 64,036.<ref name="pop"/>

== Notable residents == * [[Larysa Hienijuš]] (1910, Žlobaǔcy estate – 1983), Belarusian poet, writer and active participant of the national movement<ref> [https://www.svaboda.org/a/30101226.html “20 фактаў пра Ларысу Геніюш — легендарную паэтку, якая адмовілася ад савецкага пашпарта” (“20 facts about Larysa Hienijuš - a legendary poetess who declined a Soviet passport”] (in Belarusian)</ref>

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