Kamyenyets District
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Kamenets District
Камянецкі раён | |
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| Country | Belarus |
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• Estimate (2019) | 34,388 |
| Website | kamenec |
Kamenets District (Template:Lang-be, Template:Lang-ru) is a district (raion) of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kamenets.
Geography
In Kamenets District in few kilometers to the South-West from Vysokaye town on the Bug River the western extreme point of Belarus is situated.[1]
Demographics
At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Kamenets District had a population of 39,143. Of these, 83.2% were of Belarusian, 7.4% Ukrainian, 6.7% Russian and 1.7% Polish ethnicity. 52.1% spoke Russian and 43.0% Belarusian as their native language.
Notable residents
- Usievalad Ihnatoŭski (1881, Takary village - 1931), Belarusian politician, scholar and the first president of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus[2]
- Romuald Traugutt (1826, Šastakova village – 1864), general and war hero best known for commanding the January Uprising of 1863[3][4]
References
- ^ "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. The Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise “National Cadastre Agency” of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ "Ihnatoŭski Ŭsievaład". www.slounik.org
- ^ Рамуальд Траўгут на Кобрыншчыне (Romuald Traugutt in the Kobryn area) (in Belarusian)
- ^ Імёны Свабоды: Рамуальд Траўгу (The Names of Freedom: Romuald Traugutt) (in Belarusian)
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