Baranavichy District

District of Brest Region, Belarus

District in Brest Region, Belarus

Baranavichy District Баранавіцкі раён (Belarusian) Барановичский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°07′40″N 25°58′43″E / 53.12778°N 25.97861°E / 53.12778; 25.97861
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Administrative center	Baranavichy
Area
• Total	2,170.25 km² (837.94 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	27,287
• Density	13/km² (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	baranovichi.brest-region.gov.by

Baranavichy District or Baranavičy District^[2] (Belarusian: Баранавіцкі раён; Russian: Барановичский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Baranavichy, which is administratively separated from the district.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 27,287.^[1]

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Baranavichy District had a population of 41,902. Of these, 86.9% were of Belarusian, 5.9% Polish, 5.2% Russian and 1.1% Ukrainian ethnicity. 81.6% spoke Belarusian and 16.6% Russian as their native language.

Notable residents

Adam Mickiewicz (1798, Zavosse village – 1855), poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist and translator^[3]

Jan (Ivan) Sierada (1879, Zadzveja village — 1943), Belarusian statesman, writer, first president of the Belarusian Democratic Republic^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ "Adam Mickevič. 1798-1855 (Адам Міцкевіч. 1798-1855)(in Belarusian)". Archived from the original on 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
^ Baranavichy Activists Revive Memory of Ivan Serada