Pinsk District
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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 | |
• District | 3,252.77 km2 (1,255.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 40,741 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,773 |
| • Rural | 38,968 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | pinsk |
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] As of 2024, it has a population of 40,741.[1]
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. In 2023, it had a population of 41,168.[2]
Pinsk district in literature
[edit]Pinskaja Šliachta [Pinsk Nobility] by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866)[3]
Notable residents
[edit]- Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "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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