Brest Voblasts (Brest Oblast) Брэ́сцкая во́бласць Бре́стская о́бласть
Flag Coat of arms
Administrative center	Brest
Largest cities	Brest - 298,300 Baranovichi - 168,600 Pinsk - 130,500
Raions	16 Cities: 20 Urban localities: 9 Villages: 2,178
Government
- Chairman	Kostantin Andreyevich Sumar
Area
- Total	32,700 km2 (12,625.5 sq mi)
Population
- Total	1,445,600
- Density	44/km2 (114/sq mi)
Website: www.brest-region.by

Brest Voblast (Province) or Brest Oblast (Belarusian: Брэ́сцкая во́бласць/Bresckaja vobłaść; 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.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Administrative Sudivisions 3.1 Raions of Brest Voblast 3.2 Cities and towns 4 See also 5 External links

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.

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.

Brest is the province with the highest birth rate in all of Belarus. As of 2008, the birth rate was 12.0 per 1000 and death rate was 13.4 per 1000. [1]

Administrative Sudivisions

The region was formed in 1939 after reunification of Western Belarus and the Byelorussian SSR. Today it comprises 16 districts (raions), 225 selsovets, 20 cities, 5 city municipalities, 9 urban-type settlements, and 2178 villages.

Raions of Brest Voblast

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

Brest Raion Kamenets Raion Malaryta Raion Zhabinka Raion Pruzhany Raion Kobryn Raion Drahichyn Raion Biaroza Raion

Ivatsevichy Raion Ivanava Raion Baranavichy Raion Lyakhavichy Raion Hancavichy Raion Luninets Raion Pinsk Raion Stolin Raion

Cities and towns

• Brest (Belarusian: Брэст; Russian: Брест) - 298,300
• Baranovichi (Belarusian: Баранавiчы; Russian: Барановичи ) - 168,600
• Pinsk (Belarusian: Пінск; Russian: Пинск) - 130,500
• Kobryn (Belarusian: Ко́брын, Ко́брынь; Russian: Ко́брин) - 50,800
• Biaroza (Belarusian: Бяро́за, Бяро́за-Карту́ская; Russian: Берёза) - 29,700
• Ivatsevichy (Belarusian: Івацэвічы; Russian: Ивацевичи) - 24,100
• Luninets (Belarusian: Лунінец; Russian: Лунинец) - 23,900
• Pruzhany (Belarusian: Пружаны; Russian: Пружаны) - 19,800
• Ivanava or Yanava (Belarusian: Іванава, Янава; Russian: Иваново) - 16,300
• Drahichyn (Belarusian: Драгічын; Russian: Дрогичин) - 15,000
• Hantsavichy (Belarusian: Ганцавічы; Russian: Ганцевичи) - 14,800
• Mikashevichy (Belarusian: Мікашэвічы; Russian: Микашевичи) - 13,700
• Belaazyorsk (Belarusian: Белаазёрск; Russian: Белоозёрск) - 13,200
• Zhabinka (Belarusian: Жабінка; Russian: Жабинка) - 12,800
• Stolin (Belarusian: Сто́лін; Russian: Сто́лин) - 12,500
• Lyahavichy (Belarusian: Ляхавічы; Russian: Ляховичи) - 11,600
• Malaryta (Belarusian: Маларыта; Russian: Малорита) - 11,500
• Kamyanets (Belarusian: Камяне́ц; Russian: Ка́менец) - 8,700
• Davyd-Haradok (Belarusian: Давыд-Гарадок; Russian: Давид-Городок) - 7,100
• Vysokaye (Belarusian: Высокае; Russian: Высокое) - 5,300
• Kosava or Mereszowszczyzna (Belarusian: Косава; Russian: Косово) - 2,400

See also

• Subdivisions of Belarus
• Poland’s Polesie Voivodeship (1921-1939)

External links

• (Russian)/(English) Brest Regional Executive Committee

v • d • e Subdivisions of Brest Voblast, Belarus Districts (raioni) Baranavichy · Biaroza · Brest · Drahichyn · Hantsavichy · Ivanava · Ivatsevichy · Kamenets · Kobryn · Lyakhavichy · Luninets · Malaryta · Pinsk · Pruzhany · Stolin · Zhabinka Cities Belaazyorsk · Brest · Baranovichi · Biaroza · Davyd-Haradok · Drahichyn · Kamyanyets · Kobryn · Ivatsevichy · Kosava · Luninets · Ivanava · Hantsavichy · Lyahavichy · Malaryta · Mikashevichy · Pinsk · Pruzhany · Stolin · Vysokaye · Zhabinka

v • d • e First-level administrative disivions of Belarus Brest · Homiel · Hrodna · Mahilyow · Minsk · Minsk (city)* · Vitsebsk * A municipality ("horad") rather than a province ("voblast") [2]

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