Brest District

Coat of arms

Brest District is an administrative subdivision, a district of Brest Region, in Belarus. The capital of the district is Brest.

Demographics

At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), 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.

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.

External links

Media related to Brest District at Wikimedia Commons

Photos on Radzima.org

Subdivisions of Brest Region, Belarus

Districts (raiony)	Baranavichy Byaroza Brest Drahichyn Hantsavichy Ivanava Ivatsevichy Kamyanyets Kobryn Lyakhavichy Luninets Malaryta Pinsk Pruzhany Stolin Zhabinka

Cities	Belaazyorsk Brest Baranovichi Byaroza Davyd-Haradok Drahichyn Kamyanyets Kobryn Ivatsevichy Kosava Luninets Ivanava Hantsavichy Lyahavichy Malaryta Mikashevichy Pinsk Pruzhany Stolin Vysokaye Zhabinka

Coordinates: 52°06′55″N 23°39′40″E / 52.11528°N 23.66111°E / 52.11528; 23.66111

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