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(Redirected from Pinsk Raion) District of Brest Region, Belarus District in Brest Region, Belarus

Pinsk District Пінскі раён (Belarusian) Пинский район (Russian)
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Coordinates: 52°07′30″N 26°05′09″E / 52.12500°N 26.08583°E / 52.12500; 26.08583
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Administrative center	Pinsk
Area
• District	3,252.77 km (1,255.90 sq mi)
Population
• District	40,741
• Density	13/km (32/sq mi)
• Urban	1,773
• Rural	38,968
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	pinsk.brest-region.gov.by

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. As of 2024, it has a population of 40,741.

Demographics

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.

Pinsk district in literature

Pinskaja Šliachta by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866)

Notable residents

Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement

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.
"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 (1866)". The Literary Encyclopedia.
Skirmunt Raman

External links

Photos on Radzima.org

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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