Nowe Leśne Bohatery ( be, Новыя Лясныя Багатыры) is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Lipsk, within
Augustów County,
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship or Podlasie Province ( pl, Województwo podlaskie, ) is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. The name of the province and its territory correspond to the historic region of Podlachia. The capital and largest cit ...
, in north-eastern
Poland, close to the border with
Belarus.
It lies approximately north-east of
Lipsk, east of
Augustów
Augustów (; lt, Augustavas, formerly known in English as ''Augustovo'' or ''Augustowo'')" is a city in north-eastern Poland with 29,729 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the ...
, and north of the regional capital
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement originates from be, багатыр, which means "rich man". There is also a settlement
Polnyja Bahatyry on the Belarusian side of the border.
References
Villages in Augustów County
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