Vierchniadzvinsk District
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Summary
Vierchniadzvinsk District is a district of Belarus[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of district of belarus entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vitebsk Region[3]
- Country: Belarus[4]
- Head of government: Васіль Мікалаевіч Шылаў[5]
- Capital: Vyerkhnyadzvinsk[6]
- Shares border with: Miory district[7], Polotsk District[8], Rasony district[9]
- Flag: flag of Verchniadzvinsk[10]
- Legislative body: Vierchniadzvinsk District Council of Deputies[11]
- Executive body: Vierchniadzvinsk District Executive Committee[12]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Vierchniadzvinsk[13]
- Commons category: Vierchniadzvinsk District[14]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[15]
- Inception: July 17, 1924[16]
- Official website: http://verkhnedvinsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vierchniadzvinsk District[18]
- Population: 42,060[19], 39,508[20], 38,360[21], 34,549[22], 32,235[23], 32,074[24], 30,817[25], 29,736[26], 29,135[27], 28,559[28], 28,011[29], 27,292[30], 26,580[31], 25,920[32]
- Office held by head of government: chairman of the Vierchniadzvinsk District Executive Committee[33]
- Replaces: Asviejski district[34]
- List of monuments: Cultural heritage monuments in Vierchniadzvinsk District[35]
- Category for people born here: Q8048805[36]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Verkhnyadzvinsk District[37]
- Native label: Верхнядзвінскі раён[38]
- Category for people buried here: Q14296017[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Verkhnyadzvinsk District[40]
Why It Matters
Vierchniadzvinsk District has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]