Myadzyel District
Myadzyel District or Miadziel District (Belarusian: Мядзельскі раён, romanized: Miadzielski rajon; Russian: Мядельский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is the town of Myadzyel. As of 2024, it has a population of 24,326.
Four of the main lakes of Belarus are situated in this district: Narach (the largest one), Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest) and Myastro (15th largest).
Notable residents
- Maksim Tank (1912–1995), journalist, poet and translator
- Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1903–1989), Belarusian emigre politician, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic between 1971 and 1982