Kleszczele
Appearance
Kleszczele | |
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Coordinates: 52°34′28″N 23°19′34″E / 52.57444°N 23.32611°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
County | Hajnówka |
Gmina | Kleszczele |
Area | |
• Total | 46.71 km2 (18.03 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,432 |
• Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
Website | https://www.kleszczele.pl/ |
Kleszczele ([klɛʂˈt͡ʂɛlɛ], Ukrainian: Кліщелі Klishcheli, Belarusian: Кляшчэ́лі Kljaščè́li) is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. Prior to 1999, it was in Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998).
Demography
[edit]According to the 1921 census, Kleszczele was inhabited by:[1]
Nationality | Population | Proportion |
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Poles | 911 | 62.7% |
Belarusians | 349 | 24% |
Jews | 147 | 10.1% |
Russians | 45 | 3% |
Total | 1452 | 100.00% |
Notable residents
[edit]The Yiddish playwright Peretz Hirschbein was born in Kleszczele in 1881.
References
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