Pruzhany District Explained

Pruzhany District
Native Name:
Settlement Type:District
Flag Size:150
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Brest Region
Seat:Pruzhany
Seat Type:Administrative center
Leader Title:Chairman
Leader Name:Mikhail Nikolayevich Kreydich[1]
Area Blank1 Title:Total
Area Blank1 Km2:2825.91
Area Footnotes:[2]
Population Blank1 Title:Total
Population Blank1:41,603
Population As Of:2024
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:23,255
Population Rural:18,348
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Footnotes:[4]
Demographics1 Title1:Belarusian
Demographics1 Info1:87.49%
Demographics1 Title2:Russian
Demographics1 Info2:6.43%
Demographics1 Title3:Ukrainian
Demographics1 Info3:3.40%
Demographics1 Title4:Polish
Demographics1 Info4:1.85%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.83%
Area Code:1632
Blank Name Sec1:Cities
Blank Info Sec1:1
Blank2 Name Sec1:Rural councils
Blank2 Info Sec1:12
Blank3 Name Sec1:Settlements
Blank3 Info Sec1:245
Timezone1:MSK
Utc Offset1:+3
Website:Official website

Pruzhany District or Pružany District[5] (;) is district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Pruzhany.[6] [3] As of 2024, it has a population of 41,603.[3]

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Pruzhany District had a population of 52,511. Of these, 87.5% were of Belarusian, 6.4% Russian, 3.4% Ukrainian and 1.9% Polish ethnicity. 65.4% spoke Belarusian and 31.7% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 42,330.[7]

Administrative divisions

The district is subdivided into one city and 12 rural councils administering a total of 245 settlements (two urban and 243 rural).

!Name!Name (Belarusian)!Name (Russian)!Type!Settlements
PruzhanyПружаныПружаныcity of district subordinance
Velikasyel'skiВелікасельскіВеликосельскийrural council13
ZyelyanyevitskiЗеляневіцкіЗеленевичскийrural council24
LinawskiЛінаўскіЛиновскийrural council26
MokrawskiМокраўскіМокровскийrural council24
NavazasimavitskiНавазасімавіцкіНовозасимовичскийrural council1
PruzhanskiПружанскіПружанскийrural council19
Sukhopal'skiСухопальскіСухопольскийrural council28
KharawskiХараўскіХоревскойrural council20
ShanyawskiШаняўскіШеневскойrural council19
ShcharchowskiШчарчоўскіЩерчовскийrural council22
RuzhanskiРужанскіРужанскийrural council33
SharashewskiШарашэўскіШерешевскийrural council16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chairman of the District Executive Committee. www.pruzhany.brest-region.gov.by. ru-RU. 2018-01-19.
  2. Web site: State Land Cadastre of the Republic of Belarus. State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 1 Jan 2011. www.gki.gov.by. Russian.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Final census data of the population of the Republic of Belarus in 2009. census.belstat.gov.by. 2018-01-17.
  5. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  6. Web site: STATEKARTGEOCENTER. www.maps.by. 2018-01-17.
  7. 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. 13 August 2023.