Pastavy District

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Pastavy District
Пастаўскі раён
District
Coat of arms of Pastavy District
Location of Pastavy District
Coordinates: 55°7′N 26°50′E / 55.117°N 26.833°E / 55.117; 26.833Coordinates: 55°7′N 26°50′E / 55.117°N 26.833°E / 55.117; 26.833
Area
 • Total2,096.44 km2 (809.44 sq mi)
Elevation
166 m (545 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total36,442
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)

Pastavy District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Region.[1] The center is the town of Pastavy. Other settlements include the towns of and .

Notable residents[]

Uladzimir Dubouka (1900 – 1976), Belarusian poet, writer and a Gulag prisoner[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vitebsk regions" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.by. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  2. ^ Uladzimir Dubouka (Дубоўка Уладзімір Мікалаевіч)(in Belarusian)
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