Zhaludok
Zhaludok
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| Coordinates: 53°36′N 24°59′E / 53.600°N 24.983°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| District | Shchuchyn District |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 947 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Zhaludok[a] is an urban-type settlement in Shchuchyn District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus.[2] As of 2025, it has a population of 947.[1]
History
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In the interwar period, Żołudek was the seat of a gmina in the Lida County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the town with the adjacent manor farm had a population of 1,794, of which 68.7% declared Polish nationality, 30.0% declared Jewish nationality and 1.3% declared Belarusian nationality.[3]
Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939 at the beginning of World War II, it was first occupied by the Soviet Union, then by Nazi Germany from 1941, and by the Soviets again from 1944, and eventually annexed from Poland.[citation needed]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2009 Belarusian census, the population was 52.6% Polish, 40.2% Belarusian, 5.3% Russian and 1.3% Ukrainian.[4] In 2024, it had a population of 959.[5]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 357. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
- ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część I (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1923. p. 35.
- ^ "Ethnic composition of Belarus 2009". Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "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 13 May 2024.