NATURAL RESOURCES
Forests cover 38% of the district's territory. The total area of forest lands is about 70 thousand hectares. The largest woodlands are the Neman forests, as well as woodlands that are part of Nalibokskaya and Grafskaya Forests. There are pine forests, less often spruce forests. Hornbeam, beech, maple, birch are most often found among deciduous trees. The forest lands are inhabited by elk, wild boar, deer and roe deer.
The total area of agricultural land is about 68 thousand hectares, of which 40 thousand hectares are arable land, 28 thousand hectares are meadow lands. According to the soil structure, 60% is occupied by sod-podzolic soils, 20% ‑ peat-swamp and floodplain soils, 10% ‑ turf and sod-swamp soils. According to the mineral composition, more than 50% of the soils are loamy, about 30% are sandy loam, and about 20% are sandy soils. The qualitative assessment of arable land is 33.3 points, of all farmland ‑ 28.9 points.
The Neman River and about 50 small rivers flow through the territory of the district, there are large lakes Svityaz, Chereshlya, Litovka and a Waterfall.
The subsoil of the area contains minerals. There are 5 industrial and 12 on-farm quarries for the extraction of sand and gravel mixture and construction sand, one land plot for peat extraction and one land plot for sapropel extraction, three clay and loam deposits for coarse ceramics, one chalk deposit.
HUMAN RESOURCES, EDUCATION
Population, thousands of people as of 01.01.2023 including urban rural town of Lyubcha |
41,1 28,0 (68,1 %) 12,1 (29,5 %) 1,0 (2,4 %) |
There are two secondary specialized institutions in the district:
The branch of the educational institution "Belarusian State University of Economics" Novogrudok College of Commerce and Economics - trains specialists in the specialties of economist and accountant for the fields of production, trade, banking. A lot of information on the site https://ntek.by /.
The Novogrudok State College of Technology and Safety Education Institution provides training for specialists in agriculture, construction, and environmental protection. A lot of information on the site https://nov-gktb.by /.
One vocational institution:
The Novogrudok State College Educational Institution provides training for specialists in the fields of agriculture, industry and public catering. A lot of information on the site http://ngspl.by .