Baranovichi
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Baranavichy Баранавічы |
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 Baranavichy
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| Coordinates: 53°08′N 26°01′E / 53.133°N 26.017°E | |||
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 Belarus
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| Voblast | Brest Region | ||
| Raion | Baranavichy District | ||
| Mentioned | 1706 | ||
| Founded | 1871 | ||
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| • 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 |
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Baranavichy (
i/bəˈrɑːnəvɪtʃiː/; Belarusian: Бара́навічы [baˈranavʲitʂɨ], Łacinka: Baranavičy, Baranavichy, 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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