Bykhaw

Bykhaw is a town in , . Once an important fortified place, it now has some interesting ruins to see.
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  • Type: Town with 17,100 residents
  • Description: city in Belarus
  • Also known as: “Bîhov”, “Bychaŭ”, “Bychov”, “Bychow”, “Bykhov”, “Star Bykhov”, “Staryy Bykhov”, “Μπύχοφ”, “Старий Бихів”, and “Старый Быхов”
  • Address: Быхаўскі раён

Places of Interest

Highlights: Main synagogue and Bychaŭ castle.

Photo: Uran92, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Varanino.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km east of Bykhaw.

Bykhaw

Latitude
53.518° or 53° 31′ 5″ north
Longitude
30.2443° or 30° 14′ 39″ east
Population
17,100
Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)
Established
1370
Open location code
9G5GG69V+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 242978972
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
629447
Wiki­data ID
Q954948
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Bykhaw” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բիխով”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bıxov”
  • Belarusian: “Быхаў”
  • Belarusian: “Стары Быхаў” (historical)
  • Bulgarian: “Бихов”
  • Catalan: “Bikhau”
  • Cebuano: “Bychaŭ”
  • Chechen: “Быхов”
  • Chinese: “貝霍夫”
  • Croatian: “Bihau”
  • Czech: “Bychaŭ”
  • Dutch: “Bychaŭ”
  • Estonian: “Bõhhav”
  • Estonian: “Bychaŭ”
  • Finnish: “Byh’au”
  • French: “Bykhaw”
  • Galician: “Bychaŭ”
  • German: “Bychau”
  • Greek: “Μπίχαβ”
  • Hebrew: “ביחוב”
  • Italian: “Bychaŭ”
  • Japanese: “ビハウ”
  • Kazakh: “Быхов”
  • Korean: “비하우”
  • Korean: “비하프”
  • Latin: “Bychovia”
  • Latvian: “Bihava”
  • Lithuanian: “Bychavas”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bychau”
  • Ossetian: “Быхов”
  • Polish: “Bychów”
  • Romanian: “Bychaŭ”
  • Russian: “Быхов”
  • Serbian: “Бихав”
  • Slovenian: “Bihav”
  • Swedish: “Bychaŭ”
  • Tatar: “Быхау”
  • Tatar: “Быхов”
  • Ukrainian: “Бихав”
  • Ukrainian: “Бихів”
  • Ukrainian: “Бихов”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bychaw”
  • Urdu: “بوخاوف”
  • “Bychaŭ”

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