Zelva District

District of Grodno Region, Belarus

District in Grodno Region, Belarus

Zelva District Зэльвенскі раён (Belarusian) Зельвенский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°09′N 24°49′E / 53.150°N 24.817°E / 53.150; 24.817
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Zelva
Area
• District	869.69 km² (335.79 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• District	12,851
• Density	15/km² (38/sq mi)
• Urban	6,296
• Rural	6,555
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Zelva District or Zeĺva District^[2] (Belarusian: Зэльвенскі раён; Russian: Зельвенский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Zelva.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 12,851.^[1]

Notable residents

Vasil Zacharka (1877–1943), Belarusian statesman and president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic^[3]
Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959), drafter of the Genocide Convention

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ Vasil Zacharka, IVth President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (Васіль Захарка, IV старшыня Рады БНР)(in Belarusian)