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Bokowe [bɔˈkɔvɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narewka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Narewka, 22 km (14 mi) north-east of Hajnówka, and 43 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.
Map of Bokowe, Eliaszuki, Poland
It is in 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.
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Bokowe, Podlaskie Voivodeship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA