LIDA

Location

Lida district is situated in the central part of Grodno region, it borders with Voronovo,Iv’e,Novogrudok,Dyatlovo,Schuchin districts of Grodno region.

Total area of the district is 1567 km²,most of the territory is covered by

Farming land 33,9 %

Forests 27,2 %

Valleys 19,8 %

AREA

Population132.6 thousand people live in 275 settlements.99.9 thousand live in the town of Lida10.5 thousand in Berezovka22.2 live in the countryside.For centures,six confessions and sixty nationalities have been living peacefully on the Lida land. Belarusians make up 51,4 per centPoles-35,5 per centRussians-9,4 per centUkrainian-1,7 per cent.

Religion

There are 48 active religiuos organizations.16 Belarusian Orthodox parishes 17 Catholic parishes1 Greek Catholic parish1 Muslim1 Jew and 10 Protestant organizations