__NOTOC__ Gmina Uchanie is a rural

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(administrative district) in

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, in eastern

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. Its seat is the village of Uchanie, which lies approximately north-west of

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and south-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,009 (4,873 in 2013). The gmina contains part of the

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called

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Villages

Gmina Uchanie contains the villages and settlements of Aurelin, Białowody, Bokinia, Chyżowice, Dębina, Drohiczany, Feliksów, Gliniska, Jarosławiec, Lemieszów, Łuszczów, Łuszczów-Kolonia, Marysin, Miedniki,

Mojsławice Mojsławice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Uchanie, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Uchanie, north-west of Hrubieszów, and south-east of the regional capit ...

, Mojsławice-Kolonia, Odletajka, Pielaki, Putnowice Górne, Rozkoszówka, Staszic, Teratyn, Teratyn-Kolonia, Uchanie-Kolonia, Wola Uchańska and Wysokie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Uchanie is bordered by the gminas of Białopole, Grabowiec,

, Trzeszczany and Wojsławice.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

{{Hrubieszów County Uchanie Hrubieszów County