Brest voblast
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Brest Voblast (Province) or Brest Oblast (Belarusian: ; Berasceyskaya Voblasc; Russian: ; Brestskaya Oblast) is a province (voblast) of Belarus with its administrative center being Brest.
Important cities within the voblast' include: Baranavichy (Baranavičy), Brest, and Pinsk.
Geography
It is located in the southwestern part of Belarus, bordering the Podlasie and Lublin Voivodships of Poland on the east, the Volyn and Rivne Oblasts of Ukraine on the south, the Hrodna and Minsk Voblasts on the north, and the Homiel Voblast on the east. The voblast' covers at total area of 32,300 km², about 15,7% of the national total.It is oftain dubbed the Western gateway to Belarus. Geographically, the Brest Voblast belongs to the area known as Polesia.
Demographics
The Brest Voblast has a population of 1,462,900 (2004 estimate), about 14,7% of the national total. Aboru 47.2% of the voblast's population are men, and the remaining 52.8% are women.
Of the major nationalities living in the Brest Voblast, 1,262,600 are Belarusians (85%), 128,700 (8.6% are Russians, 57,100 (3.8%) are Ukrainians, and 27,100 (1.8%) are Poles.
Administrative Sudivisions
The region was formed in 1939 after reunification of Western Belarus and the Byelorussian SSR. Today it is comprised of 16 districts (raions), 225 selsovets, 20 cities, 5 city municipalities, 9 urban-type settlements, and 2178 villages.Raions of Brest Voblast
The sixteen raions (districts) of the Brest Voblast are:
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Cities and towns
- Brest (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Łacinka: Biareście) - 298,300
- Baranavichy (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Łacinka: Baranavičy) - 168,600
- Pinsk (Belarusian: ; Russian: ) - 130,500
- Kobryn (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Łacinka: Kobryń; Polish: ) - 50,800
- Byaroza (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Łacinka: Biaroza; Polish: ) - 29,700
- Ivasevichy (Belarusian: ; Łacinka: Ivacevičy) - 24,100
- Luninets (Belarusian: ; Łacinka: Łuniniec) - 23,900
- Pruzhany (Belarusian: ; Łacinka: Pružany) - 19,800
- Ivanava or Janava (Belarusian: ; Polish: ) - 16,300
- Drahichyn (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Łacinka: Drahičyn) - 15,000
- Hancavichy (Belarusian: ; Łacinka: Hancavičy) - 14,800
- Mikachevitchy - 13,700
- Belaazyorsk - 13,200
- Zhabinka Belarusian: ; Polish: ; Łacinka: Žabinka - 12,800
- Stolin (Belarusian: ; Russian: ) - 12,500
- Lyahavichy (Łacinka: Lachavičy) - 11,600
- Malaryta (Łacinka: Małaryta) - 11,500
- Kamenets (Belarusian: ; Łacinka: Kamianiec) - 8,700
- Davyd-Haradak - 7,100
- Vysokaye or Vysokoye - 5,300
- Kosova or Mereszowszczyzna - 2,400
See also
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| Subdivisions of Brest Voblast, Belarus |
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| Raions: |
Baranavichy City | Baranavichy Raion | Byaroza City | Biaroza Raion | Brest City | Brest Raion | Drahichyn Raion | Hancavichy Raion | Ivanava Raion | Ivasevichy Raion | Kamenets Raion | Kobryn City | Kobryn Raion | Lachavichy Raion | Luninets Raion | Malaryta Raion | Pinsk City | Pinsk Raion | Pruzhany Raion | Stolin Raion | Zhabinka Raion
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| Cities: | Brest | Baranavichy | Pinsk | Kobryn | Byaroza | Ivasevichy | Luninets | Pruzhany | Ivanava | Drahichyn | Hancavichy | Mikachevitchy | Belaazyorsk | Zhabinka | Stolin | Lyahavichy | Malaryta | Kamenets | Davyd-Haradak | Vysokaye | Kosova | ||
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| Subdivisions of Belarus |
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| Brest | Homiel | Hrodna | Mahilyow | Minsk | Minsk City | Vitsebsk | |||
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