Nawahrudak Raion

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Coordinates: 53 ° 39 '  N , 25 ° 51'  E

The Woblasć Hrodna with the Rajon Nawahrudak in Belarus

The Rajon Nawahrudak ( Belarusian Навагрудскі раён Nawagrudsky Rajon , Russian Новогрудский район Novogrudski Rajon ) is an administrative unit in the Hrodsenskaja Woblasz in Belarus .

geography

Wind turbine on the Gara Zamkawa ("Castle Hill") west of Nawahrudak

The Rajon lies east of the center of the Woblasć, almost exactly west of Minsk and halfway between it and the Polish border. He has no share in the country's external borders.

Its eastern part is traversed from southeast to northwest by the Nyemen , into which the Usa, which comes from the northeast into the Rajon, flows about halfway . The Volovka (Воловка) has its source near the capital of the Rajons and also flows to the Nyemen in an east-northeast direction. This flows in the further course just outside the Rajon first to the west and then to the south.

Almost the entire area is a gently undulating ice age moraine landscape . The highest point is the Gara Zamkawa ("castle hill") (53 ° 36'8 "N, 25 ° 46'31" E) west of Nawahrudak at 323 m above sea level, not to be confused with the hill of the castle ruins (53 ° 36 ′ 4.79 ″ N, 25 ° 49 ′ 39.5 ″ E) on the northern edge of the city center. The lowest point is on the Nyemen and 118 m above sea level. Most of the raion is covered with fields. There is a lot of forest only west of Nawahrudak and in the far east.

The extension of the Rajon is 1,668.01 km².

population

In 2009 the Rajon had 49,107 inhabitants, 29.4 inhabitants / km². With regard to nationality and language use, three parameters were statistically recorded, nationality, mother tongue and everyday language at home:

nationality native language Everyday language
Belarusian 89.28% 81.39% 50.49%
Russian 4.52% 17.38% 41.93%
Polish 4.22%
other 1.97%

One of the small nationalities are the Muslim Lipka Tatars .

Communities

Lyubcha Castle

The administrative center is the city of Nawahrudak with 29,300 inhabitants, almost 60% of the total population.

In addition, the Rajon includes 12 rural communities, one urban type with a settlement council (Posjalkowy Sawjet) and 11 district councils

Urban-type rural commune:

District municipalities:

  • Brolyniki (Брольники)
  • Valevka (Валевка)
  • Volkovichi (Волковичи)
  • Wseljub (Вселюб)
  • Koschelew / o (Кошелев / о)
  • Ladeniki (Ладеники)
  • Nehnevichi (Негневичи)
  • Ostashin (Осташин)
  • Otminowo (Отминово)
  • Petrewitschi (Петревичи)
  • Shchorsy (Щорсы), on the Nyemen

traffic

The Rajon has neither a railway line nor a trunk road of the highest category (Magistralen).

The railway line from Lida to Baranowitschi runs in the far west of the Rajon through a forest area. There is no train station or siding there.

A star of six rays from the republic roads R 5, R 10 and R 11, which intersect in the city of Nahwarudak, connects it in five directions with the neighboring rays. The R 10 ends northeast in Ljubtscha.

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