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Kamyenyets District

Coordinates: 52°23′20″N 23°48′46″E / 52.38889°N 23.81278°E / 52.38889; 23.81278
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Kamyenyets District
Камянецкі раён (Belarusian)
Каменецкий район (Russian)
Flag of Kamyenyets District
Coat of arms of Kamyenyets District
Coordinates: 52°23′20″N 23°48′46″E / 52.38889°N 23.81278°E / 52.38889; 23.81278
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
Administrative centerKamyenyets
Area
 • District1,705.32 km2 (658.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • District31,088
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
 • Urban
13,200
 • Rural
17,888
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Websitekamenec.brest-region.gov.by

Kamyenyets District or Kamieniec District[2] (Belarusian: Камянецкі раён; Russian: Каменецкий район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kamyenyets.[1][3] As of 2024, it has a population of 31,088.[1]

Geography

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The westernmost point of Belarus is situated in Kamyenyets District, a few kilometers southwest from Vysokaye on the Bug River.[4]

Demographics

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At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Kamyenyets 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. In 2023, it had a population of 31,476.[5]

History

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Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Брэсцкая вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 160. ISBN 978-985-458-198-9.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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 13 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Ihnatoŭski Ŭsievaład". www.slounik.org
  7. ^ Рамуальд Траўгут на Кобрыншчыне (Romuald Traugutt in the Kobryn area) (in Belarusian)
  8. ^ Імёны Свабоды: Рамуальд Траўгу (The Names of Freedom: Romuald Traugutt) (in Belarusian)