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District of Brest Region, Belarus District in Brest Region, Belarus

Luninyets District Лунінецкі раён (Belarusian)
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Coordinates: 52°15′07″N 26°47′32″E / 52.25194°N 26.79222°E / 52.25194; 26.79222
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Formed	1940
Administrative center	Luninyets
Area
• District	2,708.51 km (1,045.76 sq mi)
Population
• District	61,728
• Density	23/km (59/sq mi)
• Urban	35,814
• Rural	25,914
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	luninets.brest-region.gov.by

Luninyets District or Luniniec District (Belarusian: Лунінецкі раён; Russian: Лунинецкий район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Luninyets. As of 2024, it has a population of 61,728.

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Luninets District had a population of 73,200. Of these, 96.2% were of Belarusian, 2.5% Russian and 0.8% Ukrainian ethnicity. 76.8% spoke Belarusian and 21.9% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 62,544.

Notable residents

Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (1892 (Pieravaloki-Darahišča (renamed Čyrvonaja Horka)) - 1983), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement, a military leader of anti-Soviet resistance in the early 20th century and a Gulag prisoner.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician

References

^ "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.
Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
"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 13 August 2023.
Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 346–347.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: from 'Chernobyl child' in Ireland to political limelight

v t e Subdivisions of Brest Region, Belarus
Districts (raiony)	Baranavichy Brest Byaroza Drahichyn Hantsavichy Ivanava Ivatsevichy Kamyenyets Kobryn Lyakhavichy Luninyets Malaryta Pinsk Pruzhany Stolin Zhabinka
Cities and towns	Baranavichy Brest Byaroza Byelaazyorsk Davyd-Haradok Drahichyn Kamyenyets Kobryn Ivatsevichy Kosava Luninyets Ivanava Hantsavichy Lyakhavichy Malaryta Mikashevichy Pinsk Pruzhany Stolin Vysokaye Zhabinka

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