Karelichy Карэлічы ( Belarusian)
Urban-type settlement
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Karelichy Location of Karelichy in Belarus
Coordinates: 53°34′N 26°08′E / 53.567°N 26.133°E / 53.567; 26.133
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
District	Karelichy District
Population  (2024) [1]
• Total	5,723
Time zone	UTC+3 ( MSK)

Karelichy ^[a] ( Belarusian: Карэлічы, romanized: Kareličy; ^[b] Russian: Кореличи, romanized: Korelichi; Lithuanian: Koreličiai; Polish: Korelicze; Yiddish: קארעליץ, romanized: Korelitz) is an urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Karelichy District. ^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 5,723. ^[1]

The town was historically a center of a large Jewish community; its population in 1900 was 1,840. ^[2]

Notable people

• Ignacy Domeyko (from Niedźwiadka village in Karelichy district)
• Itzhak Katzenelson
• Karelitz family, Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, Nissim Karelitz^{[ citation needed]}
• Saul Adler

See also

• Mir Castle Complex
• Mir, Belarus

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