Hajnówka County

Infobox Settlement
name = Hajnówka County
native_name = Powiat hajnowski
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat hajnowski COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie
area_total_km2 = 1623.65
population_total = 48130
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 23504
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 24626
coor_type = Hajnówka
latd = 52
latm = 44
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 23
longm = 34
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Hajnówka
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Hajnówka
p2 = Gmina Białowieża
p3 = Gmina Czeremcha
p4 = Gmina Czyże
p5 = Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne
p6 = Gmina Hajnówka
p7 = Gmina Kleszczele
p8 = Gmina Narew
p9 = Gmina Narewka
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = BHA
website = http://www.powiat.hajnowka.pl __NOTOC__Hajnówka County ( _pl. powiat hajnowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Hajnówka, which lies convert|51|km|mi|0 south-east of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Kleszczele, lying convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-west of Hajnówka.

The county covers an area of convert|1623.65|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 48,130, out of which the population of Hajnówka is 22,072, that of Kleszczele is 1,432, and the rural population is 24,626.

Neighbouring counties

Hajnówka County is bordered by Siemiatycze County to the south-west, Bielsk County to the west and Białystok County to the north. It also borders Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]