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Zawistowszczyzna [zavistɔfʂˈt͡ʂɨzna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokółka, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Sokółka and 36 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Białystok.
Map of Zawistowszczyzna, Poland
Since March 2007, the sołtys (village chief) is Dr. Mohamed Ali Al-Hameri, a gynaecologist born in Yemen who came to Poland in 1983 to study medicine.
References
Zawistowszczyzna Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA