Szczyty-Dzięciołowo
Szczyty-Dzięciołowo | |
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Village | |
Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist | |
Szczyty-Dzięciołowo | |
| Coordinates: 52°44′39″N 23°21′21″E / 52.74417°N 23.35583°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Bielsk |
| Gmina | Orla |
Szczyty-Dzięciołowo [ˈʂt͡ʂɨtɨ d͡ʑɛnt͡ɕɔˈwɔvɔ] (Belarusian: Шчыты-Дзенцëлово) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) north-east of Orla, 11 km (7 mi) east of Bielsk Podlaski, and 44 km (27 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.
It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.[2]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141