Grodno Region

Grodno Region
Гродзенская вобласць (Belarusian)
Гродненская область (Russian)
From the top to bottom-right: Mir Castle Complex, St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Sviack Palace, Vawkavysk District, Devil's Lake
Flag of Grodno Region
Coat of arms of Grodno Region
Location of Grodno Region
CountryBelarus
Administrative centerGrodno
Largest citiesGrodno - 373,547[1]
Lida - 101,616
Slonim - 49,441
Districts17
Cities: 12
Urban localities: 21
City districts2
Government
 • ChairmanVladimir Karanik[2]
Area
 • Total25,118.07 km2 (9,698.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation
323 m (1,060 ft)
Lowest elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2023)[3]
 • Total998,600
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
GDP
 • TotalBr 23.4 billion
(€6.9 billion)
 • Per capitaBr 22,600
(€6,300)
ISO 3166 codeBY-HR
HDI (2021)0.805[5]
very high · 3rd
Websitewww.region.grodno.by
Map

Grodno Region or Hrodna Region,[7] also known as Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts (Belarusian: Гродзенская вобласць, romanizedHrodzienskaja voblasć; Russian: Гродненская область, romanizedGrodnenskaya oblast; Polish: Obwód Grodzieński), is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center, Grodno, is the largest city in the region.

Located in western Belarus, it lies on the Neman River. The region borders Minsk Region to the east, Brest Region to the south, Poland (Podlaskie Voivodeship) to the west and Vitebsk Region and Lithuania (Alytus and Vilnius counties) to the north. Grodno's existence is attested to from 1127. Two castles dating from the 14th to 18th centuries are located here on the steep right bank of the Nemen. One of the city's surviving masterpieces is the 12th century Orthodox Church of St Boris & St Gleb (Kalozhskaya Church), which is the second oldest in Belarus.

  1. ^ "Численность населения по г. Гродно и районам Гродненской области на 1 января каждого года с 1996 по 2019гг./Population of Grodno and rayons of the Grodno Region" (in Russian). grodno.belstat.gov.by. 1 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Лукашенко принял решение назначить Караника губернатором Гродненской области, областные депутаты поддержали". 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Gross domestic product and gross regional product by regions and Minsk city in 2023". www.belstat.gov.by.
  5. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  6. ^ Highest point: Zamkovaya Mountain
    Lowest point: Spot were the Neman
    crosses the country's border
  7. ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)

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