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Hanchari, Belarus
53º 44' 25º25'


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Alternate names: Honczary/Gonchary 

and the dependent villages of Istoki, Ruda at 53°40' 25°28', Sielec/Selets at 53°40' 25°25'
and the estates and hamlets: Hancewicze, Koniuszany Male, Minojty, Mosiewicze, Stare Mlniszcze

In 1928, Honczary was designated as a wies (village) and gmina (town) in the First [?] Uchastok, Lida powiat, Nowogrodskie voevodstvo of Poland. The Justice of the Peace was in Lida and the Justice Court in Wilno. The 1928 population was 307. The railway station was seven kilometers away in Niemen. The post office and telephone were in Niemen and telegraph were in Lida. Honczary was the community council office with one Catholic church, one Orthodox church, and mills.

Sources:
Ksiega Adresowa Handlowa, Warszawa Bydgoszcz 1929


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