Pruzhany District
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Pruzhany District
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Country | Belarus |
Region | Brest |
Seat | Pruzhany |
Government | |
• Chairman | Mikhail Nikolayevich Kreydich[1] |
Area | |
• District | 2,825.91 km2 (1,091.09 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[3] | |
• District | 47,340 |
• Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
• Urban | 23,297 |
• Rural | 24,043 |
Ethnic Composition | |
• Belarusian | 87.49% |
• Russian | 6.43% |
• Ukrainian | 3.40% |
• Polish | 1.85% |
• Other | 0.83% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Area code | 1632 |
Cities | 1 |
Rural Councils | 12 |
Settlements | 245 |
Website | Official website |
Pruzhany District or Pruzhanski Rayon Belarusian: Пружанскі раён, romanized: Pružanski rajon; Russian: Пружа́нский райо́н, romanized: Pruzhansky rayon) is district (raion) of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pruzhany.[5]
Demographics
At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Pruzhany Raion had a population of 52,511. Of these, 87.5% were of Belarusian, 6.4% Russian, 3.4% Ukrainian and 1.9% Polish ethnicity. 65.4% spoke Belarusian and 31.7% Russian as their native language.
Administrative Divisions
The district is subdivided into 1 city and 12 rural councils administering a total of 245 settlements (2 urban and 243 rural).[5]
Name | Name (Belarusian) | Name (Russian) | Type | Settlements |
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Pruzhany | Пружаны | Пружаны | city of rayon subordinance | |
Velikasyel'ski | Велікасельскі | Великосельский | rural council | 13 |
Zyelyanyevitski | Зеляневіцкі | Зеленевичский | rural council | 24 |
Linawski | Лінаўскі | Линовский | rural council | 26 |
Mokrawski | Мокраўскі | Мокровский | rural council | 24 |
Navazasimavitski | Навазасімавіцкі | Новозасимовичский | rural council | 1 |
Pruzhanski | Пружанскі | Пружанский | rural council | 19 |
Sukhopal'ski | Сухопальскі | Сухопольский | rural council | 28 |
Kharawski | Хараўскі | Хоревской | rural council | 20 |
Shanyawski | Шаняўскі | Шеневской | rural council | 19 |
Shcharchowski | Шчарчоўскі | Щерчовский | rural council | 22 |
Ruzhanski | Ружанскі | Ружанский | rural council | 33 |
Sharashewski | Шарашэўскі | Шерешевский | rural council | 16 |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1959 | 83,267 | — |
1970 | 79,399 | −4.6% |
1979 | 74,141 | −6.6% |
1989 | 68,492 | −7.6% |
1999 | 64,718 | −5.5% |
2009[4] | 52,211 | −19.3% |
2017[3] | 47,340 | −9.3% |
References
- ^ "Chairman of the District Executive Committee". www.pruzhany.brest-region.gov.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus (1 Jan 2011). "State Land Cadastre of the Republic of Belarus". www.gki.gov.by (in Russian).
- ^ a b "Population as of 1 January 2017 and the average annual population in 2016 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities, and townships". www.belstat.gov.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ a b "Final census data of the population of the Republic of Belarus in 2009". census.belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ a b "STATEKARTGEOCENTER". www.maps.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
Coordinates: 52°33′32″N 24°28′09″E / 52.55889°N 24.46917°E
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