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Polotsk District Полацкі раён (Belarusian) Полоцкий район (Russian)
District
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°29′N 28°48′E / 55.483°N 28.800°E / 55.483; 28.800
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
Administrative center	Polotsk
Area
• Total	3,137.78 km2 (1,211.50 sq mi)
Elevation	136 m (446 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	100,316
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Polotsk District or Polatsk District (Belarusian: Полацкі раён, romanized: Polacki rajon; Russian: Полоцкий район, romanized: Polotsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.^[2] The administrative center of the district is Polotsk.^[1] The city of Novopolotsk is administratively separated from the district.^[1]

• Branislaŭ Epimach-Šypila (1859, Budzkaŭščyna – 1934), Belarusian cultural figure, publisher, linguist and literary critic