- Kosava, Belarus
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Kosava
КосаваPusłowski palace
SealCoordinates: 52°45′N 25°09′E / 52.75°N 25.15°ECoordinates: 52°45′N 25°09′E / 52.75°N 25.15°E Country Belarus Voblast Brest Voblast Raion Ivatsevichy Raion Mentioned 1494 Population (2006) – Total 2,400 Time zone EET (UTC+2) – Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Postal code 225262 Area code(s) +375 1645 License plate 1 Kosava, also known as Kossovo, (Belarusian: Косава, formerly Kosava-Paleskaje Russian: Коссово, Polish: Kosów (Kossów) Poleski) is a small town in the Ivatsevichy Raion in the Brest Province of Belarus, located at 52°45′N 25°09′E / 52.75°N 25.15°E.
It is the birth place of Tadeusz Kościuszko and Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz. Nearby is the spectacular (but ruined) Kosava castle, built by the Pusłowski family in 1830, and a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko's house in Mereczowszczyzna.
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Subdivisions of Brest Region, Belarus Districts
(raioni)Baranavichy · Biaroza · Brest · Drahichyn · Hantsavichy · Ivanava · Ivatsevichy · Kamenets · Kobryn · Lyakhavichy · Luninets · Malaryta · Pinsk · Pruzhany · Stolin · ZhabinkaCities Belaazyorsk · Brest · Baranovichi · Biaroza · Davyd-Haradok · Drahichyn · Kamyanyets · Kobryn · Ivatsevichy · Kosava · Luninets · Ivanava · Hantsavichy · Lyahavichy · Malaryta · Mikashevichy · Pinsk · Pruzhany · Stolin · Vysokaye · ZhabinkaCategories:- Brest Voblast
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- Populated places in Belarus
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