Pruzhany District
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 | |
• Belorusian | 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; Polish: Prużański rejon) 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).
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(help) - ^ 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). 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.
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(help) - ^ a b "STATEKARTGEOCENTER". www.maps.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.