Brest Voblast

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Brest Voblasts

Брэ́сцкая во́бласць

Brest Oblast

Бре́стская о́бласть
Flag of Brest Voblasts Coat of arms of Brest Voblasts
Flag Coat of arms
Map of the Belarus with Brest Voblasts highlighted
Administrative center Brest
Largest cities Brest - 298,300
Baranovichi - 168,600
Pinsk - 130,500
Raions 16
 - Cities 20
 - Urban localities 9
 - Villages 2,178
City raions 5
Area  Ranked N/A
 - Total 32,700 km²
 - % of National total 15.7 %
 - Width N/A km
 - Length N/A km
 - % water N/A
 - Latitude N/A
 - Longitude N/A
Population  Ranked N/A
 - Population 1,445,600
 - % of National total 14.7 %
 - Density 44 /km²
Elevation  
 - Highest point N/A
N/A m
 - Lowest point N/A
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Chairman Kostantin Andreyevich Sumar
Abbreviations BY-BR
Web site (RU/EN) www.brest-region.by


Brest Voblast (Province) or Brest Oblast (Belarusian: Брэ́сцкая во́бласць; Brestskaya voblasts; Russian: Бре́стская о́бласть; Brestskaya Oblast) is a province (voblast) of Belarus with its administrative center being Brest.

Important cities within the voblast' include: Baranovichi, Brest, and Pinsk.

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[edit] 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 Homyel 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Raions of Brest Voblast

The sixteen raions (districts) of the Brest Voblast are:

  1. Brest Raion
  2. Kamenets Raion
  3. Malaryta Raion
  4. Zhabinka Raion
  5. Pruzhany Raion
  6. Kobryn Raion
  7. Drahichyn Raion
  8. Biaroza Raion
  1. Ivatsevichy Raion
  2. Ivanava Raion
  3. Baranavichy Raion
  4. Lyakhavichy Raion
  5. Hancavichy Raion
  6. Luninets Raion
  7. Pinsk Raion
  8. Stolin Raion

[edit] Cities and towns

[edit] See also

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COA of Brest Oblast Subdivisions of Brest Voblast, Belarus Flag of Belarus
Raions:

Baranavichy City | Baranavichy Raion | Byaroza City | Biaroza Raion | Brest City | Brest Raion | Drahichyn Raion | Hancavichy Raion | Ivanava Raion | Ivatsevichy Raion | Kamenets Raion | Kobryn City | Kobryn Raion | Lyakhavichy Raion | Luninets Raion | Malaryta Raion | Pinsk City | Pinsk Raion | Pruzhany Raion | Stolin Raion | Zhabinka Raion
Cities:

Belaazyorsk | Brest | Baranovichi | Biaroza | Davyd-Haradak | Drahichyn | Kamyanyets | Kobryn | Ivatsevichy | Kosova | Luninets | Ivanava | Hantsavichy | Lyahavichy | Malaryta | Mikachevitchy | Pinsk | Pruzhany | Stolin | Vysokaye | Zhabinka


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