Baranavichy District

District of Brest Region, Belarus

District in Brest Region, Belarus

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]

See also

• The Holocaust in the Baranavichy District

References

1. "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. "Adam Mickevič. 1798-1855 (Адам Міцкевіч. 1798-1855)(in Belarusian)". Archived from the original on 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
4. Baranavichy Activists Revive Memory of Ivan Serada