Bohoniki

Bohoniki
بوـحـونيكي
Village
Mosque in Bohoniki (2021)
Mosque in Bohoniki (2021)
Bohoniki is located in Poland
Bohoniki
Bohoniki
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 53°23′N 23°36′E / 53.383°N 23.600°E / 53.383; 23.600
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySokółka
GminaSokółka
Population
 • Total
100
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
16-100
Vehicle registrationBSK

Bohoniki [bɔxɔˈniki] (Polish Arabic: بوـحـونيكي) 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.

Demographics

Bohoniki was primarily a Lipka Tatar settlement. According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 208, of which 99.5% declared Polish nationality, 84.1% were Roman Catholic and 12.5% Muslim by confession. Today, still a few families in the village are Tatars and practicing Muslims. Although residents don't speak their native Tatar language (often written in Latin, Cyrillic or Arabic alphabet), they have close ties to Lipka Tatar and Islamic traditions.

Sights

Sites of interest in the village include a 19th-century wooden mosque and a Muslim cemetery, both named Historic Monuments of Poland (Pomnik historii), as designated November 20, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.

References

  1. ↑ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  3. ↑ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. V. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 77.
  4. ↑ Leonard Drożdżewicz (2016). "Biographical Dictionary of Polish Tatars of the Twentieth Century" (PDF). Znad Wilii. 4 (68): 77–82.
  5. ↑ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 22 października 2012 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Bohoniki i Kruszyniany - meczety i mizary", Dz. U., 2012, No. 1275