Lakhva
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Lakhva (also Lachva and Lachwa; Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, ; ) is a village in Luninets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lakhva selsoviet. It has a population of approximately 2,100.
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Vinony's link graph records 20 inbound references to Lakhva, and connects out to Russia, Germany and Poland.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1942 mass murders, Ghetto uprisings and Historic Jewish communities in Belarus.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lakhva
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lachva, Luniniec District (6).jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- BIA Łachwa COA.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belarus
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Lakhva
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Lakhva
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Brest Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Districts
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Luninets District
- Settlement.established_title
- First settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 16th century
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,100
- Settlement.timezone
- MSK
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Belarus
- Located in
- Lachvienski sieĺsaviet
- Population
- 1108
- Elevation
- 108
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Lachvienski sieĺsaviet
- Image
- Lachva, Luniniec District (6).jpg
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- Commons category
- Lachva (Luniniec District)
- postal code
- 225640
- Commons gallery
- Lakhva
- romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
- Lachva
- Belarus Globe URL
- globustut.by/lahva/index.htm
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- 16th century to 20th century
- Jewish settlement
- Jewish ghetto
- After the Second World War
- References
- Sources
- External links
Lakhva (also Lachva and Lachwa; Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, ; ) is a village in Luninets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lakhva selsoviet. It has a population of approximately 2,100.
Lakhva is considered to have been the location of one of the first, if not the first, Jewish ghetto uprisings of the Second World War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lakhva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
On the map
3 mapped locations