Babia Góra, Podlaskie Voivodeship

For the mountain on the Polish-Slovak border, see Babia Góra.

Babia Góra
Village
Babia Góra
Coordinates: 52°53′16″N 23°53′10″E / 52.88778°N 23.88611°E / 52.88778; 23.88611
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Hajnówka
Gmina	Narewka

Babia Góra [ˈbabja ˈɡura] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narewka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.^[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Narewka, 28 km (17 mi) north-east of Hajnówka, and 55 km (34 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.

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.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141

Gmina Narewka

Seat	Narewka

Other villages	Babia Góra Baczyńscy Bazylowe Bernacki Most Bielscy Bokowe Borowe Chomińszczyzna Cieremki Dąbrowa Eliaszuki Gnilec Grodzisk Gruszki Guszczewina Janowo Kapitańszczyzna Kasjany Kordon Kruhlik Krynica Łańczyno Leśna Łozowe Ludwinowo Łuka Maruszka Michnówka Mikłaszewo Minkówka Mostki Nowe Lewkowo Nowe Masiewo Nowiny Ochrymy Olchówka Osowe Pasieki Planta Podlewkowie Połymie Porosłe Pręty Siemianówka Siemieniakowszczyzna Skupowo Słobódka Smolnica Stare Lewkowo Stare Masiewo Stary Dwór Stoczek Suszczy Borek Świnoroje Zabłotczyzna Zabrody Zamosze

Coordinates: 52°53′16″N 23°53′10″E / 52.88778°N 23.88611°E / 52.88778; 23.88611

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