Szczebrzeszyn

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Szczebrzeszyn [ʂt​͡ʂɛˈbʐɛʂɨn] (Yiddish: שעברעשין Shebreshin) is a city in southeastern Poland in Lublin Voivodeship, in Zamość County, about 20 km west of Zamość. It has 5,283 inhabitants (2007).

Szczebrzeszyn is widely known for having a hard to pronounce name for any but possibly Slavic native speakers. The poet Jan Brzechwa wrote a tongue-twister poem "Chrząszcz", starting with "W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" (In [the town of] Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reed). Therefore, there is a statue of a beetle playing the violin in Szczebrzeszyn.
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Coordinates:   50°42'7"N   22°57'2"E
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