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Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Dowiaciszki
Village
Dowiaciszki is located in PolandDowiaciszkiDowiaciszki
Coordinates: 54°11′32″N 23°19′32″E / 54.19222°N 23.32556°E / 54.19222; 23.32556
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population60
Postal code16-515
Car platesBSE

Dowiaciszki (Lithuanian: Dievetiškė) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 9 km (6 mi) north of Sejny, and 120 km (75 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

From 1975–1998 the village belonged administratively to the Suwałki Voivodeship.

In 1889 it was apart of Święciański County, the population consisted of 47 people and 6 houses.

References

  1. "Official Postal Code list" (PDF). October 2013. p. 232. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
  2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. "Dowiaciszki". Warsaw. 1881. p. 135.

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