Polatsak
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Summary
Polatsak is a city of oblast subordinance[1]. Polatsak draws 4,381 Wikipedia views per month (city of oblast subordinance category, ranking #6 of 11).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Polotsk District[3]
- Country: Belarus[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Daugava[5]
- Instance of: city of raion subordinance[6]
- Flag: flag of Polack[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Jonava[8], Friedrichshafen[9], Ludza[10], Ludza Municipality[11], Tosno[12], Trakai[13], Elektrostal[14], Kursk[15]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Połack[16]
- Postal code: 211291[17], 211400–211402[18], 211404–211415[19], 211422[20]
- Commons category: Polotsk[21]
- Patron saint: Euphrosyne of Polotsk[22]
- Local dialing code: 214[23]
- Inception: 780[24]
- Significant event: Siege of Polotsk[25]
- Official website: https://polotsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polotsk[27]
- Commons gallery: Полацк[28]
- Population: 20,294[29], 82,547[30], 84,968[31], 84,597[32], 81,219[33], 81,000[34], 80,795[35], 79,896[36], 79,960[37], 79,579[38], 79,285[39], 79,105[40], 82,435[41], 82,907[42]
- Time of earliest written record: January 1, 862[43]
- Described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok[44], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[45], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[49], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[50], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[51]
- Capital of: Principality of Polotsk[52], Polotsk District[53], Polotsky Uyezd[54], Polack Okrug[55], Polotsk Province[56]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Polatsak include Navapolack[57], a city of oblast subordinance[58], in Belarus[59], founded in 1958[60]; Robert Island[61], an island[62]; Polotsk Airport[63], an airport[64], in Belarus[65]; and Polatsk Hydroelectric Power Plant[66], a hydroelectric power station[67], in Belarus[68].
Why It Matters
Polatsak has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] Polatsak is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]
Entities named for Polatsak include Navapolack[57], a city of oblast subordinance[58], in Belarus[59], founded in 1958[60]; Robert Island[61], an island[62]; Polotsk Airport[63], an airport[64], in Belarus[65]; and Polatsk Hydroelectric Power Plant[66], a hydroelectric power station[67], in Belarus[68].