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واوکویسک
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Vawkavysk or Volkovysk is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vawkavysk District. It is located on the and rivers, roughly from the city of Grodno and from Minsk, the national capital. As of 2025, it has a population of 41,020. It is one of the oldest towns in the region.
Key facts
- Settlement.timezone
- MSK
- Settlement.name
- Vawkavysk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_flag
- BIA Wołkowysk flag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Vaŭkavysk, Belarus.svg
- 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
- Vawkavysk District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1005
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mikhail Sitko
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ваўкавыск
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Wolkowysk County
- Population
- 40541
- Area
- 79
- Elevation
- 170
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- volkovysk.grodno-region.by/en
- Image
- Цэнтр Ваўкавыска 4.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1512
- Licence plate code
- 4
Show 11 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Vladimir
- Commons category
- Vaŭkavysk
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Vaŭkavysk
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vawkavysk
- topic's main category
- Category:Vawkavysk
- postal code
- 231900
- inception
- 1005-00-00
- romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
- Vaŭkavysk
- native label
- Ваўкавыск
- time of earliest written record
- 1252-00-00
- Belarus Globe URL
- globustut.by/volkovysk/index.htm
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2 mapped locations