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: Bychaŭ”, “Bykhov”, “Star Bykhov”, and “Staryy Bykhov
  • Address: Быхаўскі раён

Places of Interest

Highlights include Main synagogue and Bychaŭ castle.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Varanino.

Village
Photo: gmog, CC BY 3.0.
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)
Inception
1370
Open location code
9G5GG69V+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 242978972
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
629447
Wiki­data ID
Q954948
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bykhaw”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.