Lakhva
Sign in to saveLakhva (also Lachva and Lachwa; Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, ; ) is a village in Luninets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lakhva selsoviet. It has a population of approximately 2,100.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lakhva
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lachva, Luniniec District (6).jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- BIA Łachwa COA.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belarus
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Lakhva
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Lakhva
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Brest Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Districts
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Luninets District
- Settlement.established_title
- First settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 16th century
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,100
- Settlement.timezone
- MSK
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- 16th century to 20th century
- Jewish settlement
- Jewish ghetto
- After the Second World War
- References
- Sources
- External links
Lakhva (also Lachva and Lachwa; Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, ; ) is a village in Luninets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lakhva selsoviet. It has a population of approximately 2,100.
Lakhva is considered to have been the location of one of the first, if not the first, Jewish ghetto uprisings of the Second World War.