Valozhyn
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| Coordinates: 54°05′N 26°31′E / 54.083°N 26.517°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| District | Valozhyn District |
| First mentioned | 14th century |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.683 km2 (2.966 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 203 m (666 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 10,015 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 222357 |
| Area code | +375 1772 |
Valozhyn or Volozhin (Belarusian: Валожын, romanized: Valožyn,[a] IPA: [vaˈɫoʐɨn]; Russian: Воложин; Lithuanian: Valažinas; Polish: Wołożyn; Yiddish: וואָלאָזשין)[2] is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Valozhyn District.[1] It is located 75 km (47 mi) northwest of the capital Minsk, on the Valozhynka River in the Neman River basin, and the beginning of the Naliboki forest. In 1995, its population was approximately 11,500. As of 2024, it has a population of 10,015.[1]
Before World War II, about half the town's population were Jewish but they were murdered during the Holocaust.
- ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Eliezer Leoni, ed., Ṿoloźin: sifrah shel ha-ʻir ṿe-shel yeshivat "ʻEts ḥayim" [Wolozin: the book of the city and of the Etz Hayyim Yeshiva] (Tel Aviv: Wolozhin Landsleit Associations of Israel and the United States, 1970), English section, p. 15 (image 706).
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