Zawistowszczyzna is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Sokółka
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Gmina Sokółka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Sokółka, which lies approximately north-east o ...
, within
Sokółka 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 south-west of
Sokółka and north-east 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 ...
.
Since March 2007, the
sołtys (village chief) is Dr. Mohamed Ali Al-Hameri, a gynaecologist born in
Yemen who came to Poland in 1983 to study medicine.
To nasz pierwszy szejk... wioski
("This is our first village sheikh"), Superfakty
References
Zawistowszczyzna
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