Grodno Region

Grodno Region (, Hrodzienskaja vobłasć;  Grodnenskaya Oblast; ) is a  voblast (province) in northwastren Belaroushie.

The caipital - Grodno is the biggest ceety o the province. It lees on the Neman River. 

 Demographics (2002) 
The province covers an aurie o 25,000 km² an haes a population o 1,146,100 (2004 estimate), givin a population density o 46/km². Aboot 63.5% live in ceeties an touns, while 36.5% live in rural auries. Females accoont for 53% o the region's population an men 47%. There are about 310,000 childer unner 19, an aboot 240,000 fowk aged ower 60.

Belaroushies accoont for 62.3% o the population. The region is hame tae a significant minority population: Poles (24.8%), Roushies (10%), Ukrainians (1.8%), Jews (0.4%), Tatars (0.2%), Lithuanians (0.2%), ither naitionalities (0.4%).

Whereas Belaroushie as a whole is primarily Roushie Orthodox, Grodno Voblast haes twa major releegions, Roman Catholic an Roushie Orthodox. There are 449 releegious communities an 18 denominations, 2 Roushie Orthodox eparchial destricts, 1 Orthodox nun sorority, 2 Catholic monk britherhuids, 1 Catholic nun sorority, 2 Orthodox an 4 Catholic monasteries, 165 Orthodox an 169 Catholic churches. The Catholic minority is made up maistly o Poles, although the identifier "Pole" haes an aw been historically appleed tae Catholic Belaroushies.

There are a number on naitional minority associations: 6 Pols, 6 Lithuanian, 4 Jewish, 1 Ukrainian, 1 Roushie, 1 Tatar, 1 Georgian, 1 Chuvash.

 Admeenistrative subdiveesions 

The Grodno Region is subdividit intae 17 destricts (raions), 194 selsovets, 12 ceeties, 6 ceety municipalities, an 21 urban-type settlements.

 Berestovitsa Destrict
 Volkovysk Destrict
 Voronovo Destrict
 Grodno Destrict
 Diatlovo Destrict
 Zelva Destrict
 Ivje Destrict
 Korelichi Destrict
 Lida Destrict
 Mosty Destrict
 Novogrudok Destrict
 Oshmyany Destrict
 Ostrovets Destrict
 Svisloch Destrict
 Slonim Destrict
 Smorgon Destrict
 Schuchin Destrict

 Ceeties an touns 
 Grodno - 332,300
 Lida - 98,200
 Svisloch - 7 300
 Słonim - 51,600
 Vaŭkavysk - 46,800
 Smarhoń - 36,700
 Navahrudak - 30,800
 Kareličy - 30,000
 Masty - 17,400
 Ščučyn - 16,000
 Ašmiany - 14,900
 Vialikaja Bierastavica - 12,000
 Skidziel - 10,900
 Iŭje - 8,900
 Dziatłava - 8,300
 Astraviec - 8,300
 Voranava - 7,000

 See an aw 
 Subdiveesions o Belaroushie
 Seicont Pols Republic’s Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919-1939)
 Seicont Pols Republic’s Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)

References

 Freemit airtins 
 Hrodna Regional Executive Committee , in Belarusian, Russian, English and Chinese


Category:Regions o Belaroushie