Gmina Czyże
Gmina Czyże (Belarusian: Гміна Чыжы) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Czyże, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Hajnówka and 41 km (25 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.
Gmina Czyże
Czyże Commune | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates (Czyże): 52°47′N 23°25′E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Hajnówka |
| Seat | Czyże |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jerzy Wasiluk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 134.2 km2 (51.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 2,528 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Website | http://www.ugczyze.pl/ |
The gmina covers an area of 134.2 square kilometres (51.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 2,528.
It is 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.