Sapockin

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Sapockin

Total population

977

Air quality index

35Good

Coordinates53.83°, 23.66°

Demographic figures from Belstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Sapotskin or Sopotskin is an urban-type settlement in Grodno District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It is located near the border with Poland and 27 km (16.8 mi) northwest from Grodno. As of 2025, it has a population of 901.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Krystyna Zabawska

Polish shot putter

Yaroslav Romanchuk

Belarusian economist and politician

Józef Łucznik

H

Hanan J. Ayalti

W

Witold Skorb

P

Pavel B. Pauliuchyk

Ph.D. Grodno State University 2005

Władysław Mieszczański

Roman Catholic priest

Jan Chodźko-Zajko

lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Belarus

• Bazargan
  1391.4 mi away · pop. 9,000
• Tazeh Shahr
  1468.5 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  1493.8 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Parsabad
  1496.8 mi away · pop. 81,782
• Khamaneh
  1497.7 mi away · pop. 3,056
• Tabriz
  1526.1 mi away · pop. 1,558,693
• Bostanabad
  1556.5 mi away · pop. 16,592
• Shinabad
  1567.4 mi away
• Sarab
  1574.6 mi away · pop. 45,000
• Sareyn
  1581.5 mi away · pop. 5,459
• Ardabil
  1584 mi away · pop. 482,632
• Abasabad
  1603.9 mi away · pop. 145

Browse all places in Belarus →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-08-23

horseweed

Erigeron canadensis

Seen 2026-08-23

European ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Seen 2026-08-23

common hops

Humulus lupulus

Seen 2026-08-23

staghorn sumac

Rhus typhina

Seen 2026-08-23

white campion

Silene latifolia

Seen 2026-08-22

Black horehound

Ballota nigra

Seen 2026-08-22

pipsissewa

Chimaphila umbellata

Seen 2026-08-21

wavy hair-grass

Avenella flexuosa

Seen 2026-08-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).