Pinsk District (Belarusian: Пінскі раён, romanized: Pinski rajon; Russian: Пинский район, romanized: Pinsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pinsk, which is administratively separated from the district.[1]
Pinsk District
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| Coordinates: 52°07′30″N 26°05′09″E / 52.12500°N 26.08583°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| Administrative center | Pinsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,252.77 km2 (1,255.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 41,168 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | pinsk |
Demographics edit
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.
Pinsk district in literature edit
Pinskaja Šliachta [Pinsk Nobility] by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866)[2]
Notable residents edit
- Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Razor, Sasha. "Vintsėnt Dunin-Martsinkevich: Pinskaia shliakhta [The Gentry of Pinsk] (1866)". The Literary Encyclopedia.
- ^ Skirmunt Raman
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