Pinsk District

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]

Pinsk District
Пінскі раён (Belarusian)
Пинский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Pinsk District
Flag
Coat of arms of Pinsk District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°07′30″N 26°05′09″E
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
Administrative centerPinsk
Area
 • Total3,252.77 km2 (1,255.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total41,168
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Websitepinsk.brest-region.gov.by

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.

Pinsk district in literature

Pinskaja Šliachta [Pinsk Nobility] by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866)[2]

Notable residents
  • Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement[3]

References
  1. "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.
  2. Razor, Sasha. "Vintsėnt Dunin-Martsinkevich: Pinskaia shliakhta [The Gentry of Pinsk] (1866)". The Literary Encyclopedia.
  3. Skirmunt Raman
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pinsk District.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.