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# Pastavy

A settlement in Belarus; local name Паставы.

## English name

**Pastavy** — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.

Other forms in use:

- **Postavy** — Russian-based name used in English maps and histories.
- **Postawy** — Polish historical name used in English discussions of interwar Poland and Jewish communities.

## French name

**Pastavy** — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Postavy** — Russian-mediated spelling present in French geographical references.
- **Postawy** — Polish historical form quoted in French accounts of the interwar region.

## About

Pastavy is a town in Vitebsk Region in northern Belarus on the Miadzielka River. A planned market square and the Tyzenhaus estate recall its eighteenth-century development.

## Notes

Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q539012](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539012) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/pastavy/?format=json)


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