Vawkavysk
city in Belarus
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Summary
Vawkavysk is a city of raion subordinance[1]. Vawkavysk draws 1,409 Wikipedia views per month (city of raion subordinance category, ranking #10 of 96).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vaŭkavysk District[3]
- Country: Belarus[4], Soviet Union[5], Russian Empire[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Siedlce[7], Gusev[8], Șoldănești[9], Vladimir[10]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Vawkavysk[11]
- Postal code: 231900[12]
- Commons category: Vaŭkavysk[13]
- Licence plate code: 4[14]
- Local dialing code: 1512[15]
- Inception: 1005[16]
- Official website: http://volkovysk.grodno-region.by/en[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vawkavysk[18]
- Population: 10,323[19], 44,167[20], 44,084[21], 42,980[22], 42,600[23], 42,746[24], 42,369[25], 41,991[26], 41,510[27], 41,020[28], 40,541[29], 46,554[30], 44,024[31], 43,820[32]
- Time of earliest written record: 1252[33]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[36], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[38]
- Capital of: Volkovysk County[39], Wolkowysky povet[40], Vaŭkavysk District[41], Biskupice (gmina w województwie białostockim)[42], Wolkowysk County[43], Vaŭkavyski sieĺsaviet[44]
- Official name: Ваўкавыск[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Vaŭkavysk[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Vawkavysk[47]
- Native label: Ваўкавыск[48]
- Category for people buried here: Q29511408[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Vawkavysk[50]
- Elevation above sea level: 161 m[51], 170 m[52]
- Area: 79 km²[53]
- History of topic: Q37996535[54]
- Belarus Globe URL: https://globustut.by/volkovysk/index.htm[55]
Why It Matters
Vawkavysk has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Vawkavysk is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]