Brahin District Explained

Brahin District
Native Name:
Native Name Lang:be
Settlement Type:District
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Brahin
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gomel Region
Coordinates:51.7833°N 46°W
Area Total Km2:1,960.46
Population Total:11,726
Population As Of:2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Ispolkom
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3

Brahin District or Bragin District (Belarusian: Брагінскі раён|Brahinski rajon; Russian: Брагинский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus. Its administrative seat is the town of Brahin. As of 2024, it has a population of 11,726.[1]

Geography

The district includes the towns of Brahin and Kamaryn, 14 rural councils (selsoviets), and several villages. Following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, it is partially included in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.[2] To the south of Kamaryn is situated the southernmost point of Belarus.[3]

Notable residents

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 6 May 2024.
  2. http://www.ptushki.org/en/what_we_do/ibas/polesie_radio-ecological.html Polesie Radio-ecological Zapovednik
  3. Web site: Coordinates of the extreme points of the state frontier. Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus . 2011 . Land of Ancestors . 9 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053717/http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/235-coordinates-of-the-extreme-points-of-the-state-frontier.html . 21 September 2013 . dead .
  4. https://lit-bel.org/friends/ts/Tsmafeeva-Yulya-Pyatrona-2809/# Cimafiejeva Julia Piatroǔna (Цімафеева Юлія Пятроўна)