Luninets District
Luninets District (Belarusian: Лунінецкі раён; Russian: Лунинецкий район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Luninets.[1]
Luninets District
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| Coordinates: 52°15′07″N 26°47′32″E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| Formed | 1940 |
| Administrative center | Luninets |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,708.51 km2 (1,045.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 62,544 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | luninets |
Demographics
Luninets District railway station
At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Luninets District had a population of 73,200. Of these, 96.2% were of Belarusian, 2.5% Russian and 0.8% Ukrainian ethnicity. 76.8% spoke Belarusian and 21.9% Russian as their native language.
Notable residents
- Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (1892 (Pieravaloki-Darahišča (renamed Čyrvonaja Horka)) - 1983), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement, a military leader of anti-Soviet resistance in the early 20th century and a Gulag prisoner.[2]
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician[3]
References
- "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.
- Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 346–347.
- Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: from 'Chernobyl child' in Ireland to political limelight
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