Orpa
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Orpa Орпа | |
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Village | |
  Orpa | |
| Coordinates: 54°33′37″N 27°10′42″E / 54.56028°N 27.17833°ECoordinates: 54°33′37″N 27°10′42″E / 54.56028°N 27.17833°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| District | Vileyka District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (FET) |
Orpa (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist., Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a village located in the Vileyka District of the Minsk Region, Belarus. It is situated in the northwestern part of the country.
Geography
Orpa is also the name of a river in the Vileyka District of Minsk Region. The river is 9 km long, with its source 1.5 km northwest of the village of Arpa, flowing into the Vileyka Reservoir near the village of Rabun. The lower part of the river is canalized for 2 km and receives drainage from reclamation channels.[1]
History
In 1897, the village was administratively part of the Knyaginin volost in the Vileyka district of the Vilnius province. In 1921, it became part of Poland, and was placed under the administration of the Kostyanevich gmina of the Vileyka district in the Vilnius voivodeship.
From November 1939, it was incorporated into the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). Between December 4, 1939 and January 15, 1940 it was it was part of the Vileyka district in the Vileyka Region. Afterwards it was reassigned to the Kuranets district, and from October 12, 1940, it was placed within the Kostyanevich village council.
The village was occupied by the Nazis on June 25, 1941 during Operation Barbarossa and held by them until July 3, 1944. On September 20, 1944, it was returned to the Kuranets district. Following the defeat of Nazi Germany and the postwar restoration of Soviet rule in the area, it was included in the Vileyka district of the Molodechno Region.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Orpa has been part of independent Belarus. On May 28, 2013, the village was transferred from the Kostyanevich village council to the Krivaselsk village council.[1]
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1866 | 135 | — |
| 1921 | 229 | +69.6% |
| 1931 | 242 | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 66 | −72.7% |
| 2009 | 41 | −37.9% |
| 2019 | 22 | −46.3% |
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