Hajnówka
Hajnówka
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Orthodox Holy Trinity's Church (1981) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Hajnówka | |
Hajnówka | |
| Coordinates: 52°44′N 23°34′E / 52.733°N 23.567°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Hajnówka |
| Gmina | Hajnówka (urban gmina) |
| Established | 17th century |
| Town rights | 1951 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ireneusz Kiendyś |
| Area | |
• City | 21.29 km2 (8.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• City | 20,914 |
| • Density | 982.3/km2 (2,544/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 22,594 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 17-200 |
| Area code | +48 85 |
| Car plates | BHA |
| Website | www |
Hajnówka is a town and a powiat seat in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in eastern Poland, with a population of 21,442 inhabitants as of 2014. It is the capital of Hajnówka County. The town is also notable for its proximity to the Białowieża Forest, the biggest primaeval forest in Europe. Through Hajnówka flows the river Leśna Prawa. It is one of the centres of Orthodox faith and a notable centre of Belarusian culture in Poland. Belarusians constituted 26.4% of the town's population in 2002.
It is one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual gminas in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.