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Białowieża Forest

old forest in Poland and Belarus
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Summary

Białowieża Forest is an old-growth forest[1]. It draws 6,054 Wikipedia views per month (old growth forest category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Man and the Biosphere Programme[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Podlaskie Voivodeship[4]
  • Country: Poland[5], Belarus[6]
  • Instance of: nature reserve[7], forest[8], biosphere reserve[9]
  • Location: Grodno Region[10]
  • Part of: Sarmatic mixed forests[11], Central European mixed forests[12]
  • Commons category: Białowieża Forest[13]
  • Has part(s): Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park[14], Białowieża National Park[15]
  • Inception: January 1, 1932[16]
  • Significant event: UNESCO World Heritage Site record modification[17]
  • Official website: https://www.bpn.com.pl/[18], https://bpn.com.pl/index.php?lang=en[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Białowieża Forest[20]
  • Commons gallery: Białowieża Forest[21]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[24], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26]
  • Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[27]
  • Has characteristic: transboundary site[28]
  • Native label: Puszcza Białowieska[29]
  • Different from: Беловежская пуща (значения)[30]
  • Elevation above sea level: 175 m[31]
  • Area: 161,000 ha[32], 141,885 ha[33], 166,708 ha[34]
  • UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL: http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=POL+02&mode=all[35]
  • World Heritage criteria: (ix)[36], (x)[37]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
  • Significant place: Hajnówka[39]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Białowieża Forest[40]

Why It Matters

Białowieża Forest has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Belarus Poland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . worldheritagesite.org. Retrieved . worldheritagesite.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2NkJ53
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → UNESCO World Heritage Site record modification
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    World heritage criteria → (ix), (x)
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Forest", "BelovezhskayaPushcha::8z59b"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257308|batch #257308]]"
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