Brest District Explained

Brest District
Native Name:
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:52.1153°N 23.6611°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Brest Region
Established Title:Formed
Established Date:January 15, 1940
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Brest
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1533.89
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2024
Population Total:45,658
Population Urban:1142
Population Rural:44516
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:MSK
Utc Offset1:+3

Brest District (Belarusian: Брэсцкі раён; Russian: Брестский район) is an district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Brest, which is administratively separated from the district.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 45,658.[1]

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Brest District had a population of 39,426. Of these, 83.0% were of Belarusian, 8.1% Russian, 6.9% Ukrainian and 0.9% Polish ethnicity. 54.8% spoke Russian and 40.4% Belarusian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 45,629.[2]

Industries

This raion is specialized in agriculture. Several recreational areas like Belaye Lake, summer camps and rest homes along the Mukhavets River attract numerous tourists from the country and abroad.

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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. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 10 August 2023.