Luninyets district
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Luninyets district
Лунінецкі раён (Belarusian) | |
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| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest region |
| Formed | 1940 |
| Administrative center | Luninyets |
| Area | |
• District | 2,708.51 km2 (1,045.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 61,728 |
| • Density | 22.790/km2 (59.027/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 35,814 |
| • Rural | 25,914 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | luninets |
Luninyets district or Luniniec district[2] (Belarusian: Лунінецкі раён; Russian: Лунинецкий район) is a district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Luninyets.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 61,728.[1]
Demographics
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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. In 2023, it had a population of 62,544.[3]
Notable residents
[edit | edit source]- 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.[4]
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician[5]
References
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- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
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- ^ 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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