Dzyarechyn

Also known as Derechin, Dereczyn, Deretchin, Dziarechyn, Derhichin, Dretchin, Dzjarecyn, Dziarečyn

Dzyarechyn (; ; ) is an agrotown in Zelva District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarechyn rural council (selsoviet).

Key facts

Settlement.name: Dzyarechyn
Settlement.settlement_type: Agrotown
Settlement.image_skyline: Дзярэчынскі касцёл.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of the Assumption
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Grodno Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zelva District
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.33
Settlement.population_total: 495
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: MSK
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.postal_code: 231952
Settlement.area_code: +375-1564

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: agrotown
Official name: Дзярэчын
Country: Belarus
Located in: Slonimskij County
Population: 725
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Image: Дзярэчын. Касцёл.jpg

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Commons category: Dziarečyn
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Dziarečyn
described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
native label: Дзярэчын
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/derechin/index.htm

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Dzyarechyn (; ; ) is an agrotown in Zelva District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarechyn rural council (selsoviet).

==History== thumb|left|Sapieha Palace in the 19th century Dereczyn was a private town, owned by the Kopoczewicz, Połubiński and Sapieha families, administratively located in the Słonim County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Polish��Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1629, Konstanty Połubiński with his wife Zofia founded a Dominican monastery, whereas the Sapiehas built a palace in 1786.

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