Rakov
Rakaw or Rakov is an agrotown in Valozhyn District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It stands on the Islach River 40 km from Valozhyn and 39 km from Minsk, the capital of Belarus. In 2001, it had a population of 2,106.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,630 residents
- Description: agrotown in Valožyn district, Belarus
- Also known as: “Rakaŭ”, “Rakaw”, “Rakovi”, “Raków”, “Raków Mołodecki”, and “Rakuv”
- Address: Валожынскі раён
Places of Interest
Highlights include Каталіцкія могілкі.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Novaje Polie and Aksakawshchyna.
Novaje Polie
Hamlet
Photo: Zelyoniy.anton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Novaje Polie is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of Rakov.
Aksakawshchyna
Village
Photo: Liilia Moroz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aksakawshchyna is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Rakov.
Kučkuny
Hamlet
Photo: Zelyoniy.anton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kučkuny is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Rakov.
Rakov
- Categories: agrotown, hamlet, miasteczko, urban settlement in Belarus, and locality
- Location: Minsk Region, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.96689° or 53° 58′ 1″ northLongitude
27.05251° or 27° 3′ 9″ eastPopulation
2,630Elevation
212 metres (696 feet)Open location code
9G59X383+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 243004944OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
622849Wikidata ID
Q2500789
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Yiddish—“Rakov” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Rakaŭ”
- Belarusian: “Ракаў”
- Cebuano: “Rakaŭ”
- Chechen: “Раков”
- Czech: “Rakaŭ”
- Esperanto: “Rakaŭ”
- Estonian: “Rakaŭ”
- French: “Rakaŭ”
- German: “Rakaŭ”
- German: “Rakaw”
- German: “Rakov”
- German: “Rakow”
- German: “Raków”
- Hebrew: “ראקאב”
- Hebrew: “רקאו”
- Hebrew: “רקוּב”
- Lithuanian: “Rakavas”
- Polish: “Raków Mołodecki”
- Polish: “Raków”
- Russian: “Раков”
- Silesian: “Rakůw”
- Swedish: “Rakaŭ”
- Swedish: “Rakov”
- Tatar: “Ракав”
- Ukrainian: “Раків”
- Yiddish: “Rakovi”
- Yiddish: “ראקאוויי”
- “Rakaŭ”
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