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Biešankovičy District

district of Viciebsk region, Belarus
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Summary

Biešankovičy District is a district of Belarus[1]. It draws 96 Wikipedia views per month (district of belarus category, ranking #11 of 103).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vitebsk Region[3]
  • Country: Belarus[4]
  • Head of government: Halina Unukovich[5]
  • Capital: Beshankovichy[6]
  • Shares border with: Vitebsk District[7], Šumilina District[8], Ušačy District[9], Liepieĺ District[10], Čašniki District[11], Syanno District[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Beshankovichy[13], Astrovienski sieĺsaviet[14], Bačejkaŭski sieĺsaviet[15], Biešankovicki sieĺsaviet[16], Vierchniakryvinski sieĺsaviet[17], Viarchoŭski sieĺsaviet[18], Soržycki sieĺsaviet[19], Uĺski sieĺsaviet[20]
  • Flag: flag of Biešankovičy[21]
  • Legislative body: Biešankovičy District Council of Deputies[22]
  • Executive body: Biešankovičy District Executive Committee[23]
  • Coat of arms: Biešankovičy coat of arms[24]
  • Postal code: 211361[25]
  • Commons category: Biešankovičy District[26]
  • Local dialing code: 2131[27]
  • Inception: July 17, 1924[28]
  • Official website: http://beshenkovichi.vitebsk-region.gov.by/[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Biešankovičy District[30]
  • Population: 57,637[31], 38,438[32], 35,285[33], 30,442[34], 25,799[35], 24,723[36], 23,695[37], 23,046[38], 22,584[39], 22,027[40], 21,552[41], 20,941[42], 20,433[43], 19,844[44]
  • Office held by head of government: chairman of the Biešankovičy District Executive Committee[45]
  • List of monuments: Cultural heritage monuments in Biešankovičy District[46]
  • Category for people born here: Q8046228[47]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Beshankovichy District[48]
  • Native label: Бешанковіцкі раён[49]
  • Category for people buried here: Q29511549[50]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Beshankovichy district[51]
  • Elevation above sea level: 137 m[52]

Why It Matters

Biešankovičy District has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Related Entities

Belarus Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . beshenkovichi.vitebsk-region.gov.by. beshenkovichi.vitebsk-region.gov.by. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Q129257326. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Q127385671. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Q127385701. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Q127918145. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Q127386017. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Interactive information and analytical system for disseminating official statistical information. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · Etažy · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+57637'}, {'amount': '+38438'}, {'amount': '+35285'} +31
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59512|batch #59512]]: Выпраўленне даных аб колькасці насельніцтва раёнаў і гарадскіх паселішчаў Віцебскай вобласці ў 2010—2018"
  2. 16h ago · Etažy · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+57637'}, {'amount': '+38438'}, {'amount': '+35285'} +31
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Vitebsk Okrug, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Vitebsk Region
    Wikipedia languages → ['bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cu', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fr', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59440|batch #59440]]: Колькасць насельніцтва Беларусі ў 2000 годзе ў разрэзе адміністрацыйных адзінак і гарадскіх паселішчаў"
  3. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 128665307X
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  4. 8w ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Licence plate code → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Licence plate code: 2"
  5. 9w ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → district of Viciebsk region, Belarus
    Detail map → Biešankovičy district location map.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Population: 13,913"
  6. 17w ago · Etažy · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image → Biešankovičy District in Viciebsk voblasć.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Locator map image: Biešankovičy District in Viciebsk voblasć.svg"
  7. 18w ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.03333333, 'lon': 29.45}
    List of monuments → Cultural heritage monuments in Biešankovičy District
    Legislative body → Biešankovičy District Council of Deputies
    Office held by head of government → chairman of the Biešankovičy District Executive Committee
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Population: 13,653"
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