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Baranavichy

Baranavichy
Баранавічы
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Baranavichy is located in Belarus
Baranavichy
Baranavichy
Location in Belarus
Coordinates: 53°08′N 26°01′E / 53.133°N 26.017°E / 53.133; 26.017
Country  Belarus
Voblast Brest Region
Raion Baranavichy District
Mentioned 1706
Founded 1871
Area
 • Total 53.64 km2 (20.71 sq mi)
Elevation 193 m (633 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 170,286
 • Density 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 225320
Area code(s) +375 (0)163
Vehicle registration 1
Website baranovichy.by

Baranavichy (Listeni/bəˈrɑːnəvɪ/; Belarusian: Бара́навічы [baˈranavʲitʂɨ], Łacinka: Baranavičy, Baranavichy; Russian: Бара́новичи, Polish: Baranowicze, Yiddish: באראנאוויטש‎, Baranovich) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus with a population (as of 1995) of 173,000. It is a significant railway junction and home to Baranovichi State University. It was also the center of the Baranavichy Voblast between 1939-1941 and again between 1944-1954.

In the second half of the XVII century the Jesuit mission housed in Baranavichy. In the second half of the XVIII century Baranovichi was the property of Mosalskih and Neveselovskih, in the XIX century belonged to the Countess E.A. Rozwadowski. It was part of Novogrodek (Now Navahrudak) okrug, which was successively part of Slonim Governorate, Lithuania one, Grodno one and Minsk one.


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