Hajnówka County

Hajnówka County Powiat hajnowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Hajnówka): 52°44′N 23°34′E / 52.733°N 23.567°E / 52.733; 23.567
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
Seat	Hajnówka
Gminas	Total 9 (incl. 1 urban) Hajnówka Gmina Białowieża Gmina Czeremcha Gmina Czyże Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne Gmina Hajnówka Gmina Kleszczele Gmina Narew Gmina Narewka
Area
• Total	1,623.65 km2 (626.89 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	42,851
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
• Urban	21,830
• Rural	21,021
Car plates	BHA
Website	http://www.powiat.hajnowka.pl

Hajnówka County (Polish: powiat hajnowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Hajnówka, which lies 51 kilometres (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Kleszczele, lying 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Hajnówka.

The county covers an area of 1,623.65 square kilometres (626.9 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 42,851, out of which the population of Hajnówka is 20,580, that of Kleszczele is 1,250, and the rural population is 21,021.^[1]

Hajnówka County is bordered by Siemiatycze County to the south-west, Bielsk County to the west and Białystok County to the north. It also borders Belarus to the east.

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.