Voŭpa

Vowpa (; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Vawkavysk District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vowpa selsoviet.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Vowpa
Settlement.settlement_type: Agrotown
Settlement.image_skyline: Воўпа. Касцёл.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saint John the Baptist
Settlement.image_seal: BIA Wołpa COA.png
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.timezone: MSK
Settlement.utc_offset: +3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: agrotown
Country: Belarus
Population: 842
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Image: Воўпа. Касцёл.jpg

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postal code: 231908
Commons category: Voŭpa
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Voŭpa
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/volpa/index.htm

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Vowpa (; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Vawkavysk District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vowpa selsoviet.

==History== thumb|left|Wołpa Synagogue, 1920, Second Polish Republic At various times it was either a royal town of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or a private town of the Holszański and Sapieha families, administratively located in the Wołkowysk County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship. It was often visited by King Stephen Bathory during his stays in nearby Grodno. In 1643, Kazimierz Leon Sapieha received King Władysław IV Vasa in the town.

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