Kapyl district
{{Short description|District of Minsk region, Belarus}}
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|native_name = {{native name|be|Капыльскі раён}}
{{native name|ru|Копыльский район}}
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|seat_type = Administrative center
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|area_total_km2 = 1,600
|population_total = 26,533
|population_as_of = 2024
| population_urban = 9,985
| population_rural = 16,548
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|leader_title = ispolkom chairman
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|website = [http://www.kopyl.minsk-region.by/ Kopyl ispolkom website]
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Kapyl district or Kapyĺ districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) ({{langx|be|Капыльскі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Копыльский район}}) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kapyl.[http://www.minsk-region.gov.by/index.aspx?id=23 Kopyl raion page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227191533/http://www.minsk-region.gov.by/index.aspx?id=23 |date=2012-02-27 }} at Minsk Oblispolkom website As of 2024, it has a population of 26,533.
Notable residents
- Ales Adamovich (1927, Kanuchi village – 1994), Belarusian writer and critic, author of the screenplay for film “Come and See” [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7006-read-and-see-ales-adamovich-and-literature-out-of-fire Read and See: Ales Adamovich and Literature out of FireBy Valzhyna Mort]
- Paval Zhauryd (1889, Cieciarouka village – 1939), Belarusian military figure, one of the commanders of the Slutsk defence action and a victim of Stalin's purges{{cite web |title=Першая вялікая бітва за незалежнасць Беларусі – Слуцкі збройны чын (First major battle for independence of Belarus - Slutsk military action) (in Belarusian) |url=https://naviny.belsat.eu/news/pershaya-vyalikaya-bitva-za-nezalezhnasts-belarusi-slutski-zbrojny-chyn/ |access-date=21 June 2022}}