Pinsk District Explained
| Pinsk District |
| Native Name: |
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| Settlement Type: | District |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Brest Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Pinsk |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3,252.77 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Total: | 40,741 |
| Population Urban: | 1,773 |
| Population Rural: | 38,968 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | MSK |
| Utc Offset1: | +3 |
Pinsk District (Belarusian: Пінскі раён|Pinski rajon; Russian: Пинский район|Pinsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pinsk, which is administratively separated from the district.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 40,741.[1]
Demographics
At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Pinsk District had a population of 51,997. Of these, 92.2% were of Belarusian, 2.6% Russian, 2.6% Ukrainian and 1.6% Polish ethnicity. 70.7% spoke Belarusian and 26.0% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 41,168.[2]
Pinsk district in literature
Pinskaja Šliachta [Pinsk Nobility] by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866)[3]
Notes and References
- 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.
- 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.
- http://slounik.org/149458.html Skirmunt Raman
- https://www.academia.edu/45459550/Vintsėnt_Dunin_Martsinkevich_Pinskaia_shliakhta_The_Gentry_of_Pinsk_1866_ Razor, Sasha. "Vintsėnt Dunin-Martsinkevich: Pinskaia shliakhta [The Gentry of Pinsk<nowiki>] (1866)". The Literary Encyclopedia.]
Notable residents
- Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement[3]
External links
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