Motal

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locality in Belarus urban-type settlement

Motal is a small town in present-day Belarus, historically part of the Russian Empire, known as the birthplace of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Motal rural council 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality in Belarus ⓘ
urban-type settlement ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Motal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Motal rural council
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
coordinates approximately 52.333°N 25.616°E ⓘ
country Belarus ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
hasAreaCode +375 1652 ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Belarusian rural traditions ⓘ
Jewish shtetl heritage ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity Belarusian population ⓘ
Jewish community ⓘ
Polish population ⓘ
Ukrainian population ⓘ
hasFestival Motal Fish Festival ⓘ
hasJewishCemetery Motal Jewish cemetery ⓘ
hasPostalCode 225822 ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Catholic church in Motal (historically) ⓘ
Orthodox church in Motal ⓘ
synagogue in Motal (historically) ⓘ
hasSettlementStatus agro-town ⓘ
historicalEvent Holocaust in Motal ⓘ
historicalPopulationType shtetl ⓘ
historicalTerritory Grodno Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinsk District NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of Chaim Weizmann ⓘ
languageUsed Belarusian ⓘ
Polish (historically) ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish (historically) ⓘ
locatedIn Brest Region ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Ivanava District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polesia ⓘ
locatedNear Pina River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pripyat River ⓘ
surface form: Pripyat River basin
notablePersonBornHere Chaim Weizmann ⓘ
partOf Russian Empire ⓘ
present-day Belarus ⓘ
religionPresent Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roadConnection connected to Ivanava ⓘ
connected to Pinsk ⓘ
timezone UTC+3 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motal → administrativeCenterOf → Motal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motal rural council
Weizmann → placeOfBirth → Motal ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaim Weizmann