Antonowo-Kolonia

Antonowo-Kolonia [antɔˈnɔvɔ kɔˈlɔɲa] (Belarusian: Антоново, Podlachian: Antonóvo) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-west of Orla, 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Bielsk Podlaski, and 47 km (29 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

Antonowo-Kolonia
Village
Antonowo-Kolonia is located in Poland
Antonowo-Kolonia
Antonowo-Kolonia
Coordinates: 52°42′43″N 23°19′1″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyBielsk
GminaOrla

It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina 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.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


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