Valozhyn district or Valožyn districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Valozhyn. As of 2024, it has a population of 33,499.
Notable residents
Nahum Goldmann (1895–1982), founder and president of the World Jewish Congress, and president of the World Zionist Organization Francišak Kušal (1895, Piaršai – 1969), Belarusian political and military leader Kušel (Kušal) Francišak Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski; 1923–2016), prime minister of Israel and president of Israel Yehoshua Rabinovitz (1911–1979), Israeli mayor of Tel Aviv.
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