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Luninyets District
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]
Luninyets District Лунінецкі раён (Belarusian) | |
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| Coordinates: 52°15′07″N 26°47′32″E / 52.25194°N 26.79222°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| Formed | 1940 |
| Administrative center | Luninyets |
| 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 edit
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 edit
- 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.[3]
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician[4]
References edit
- ^ a b . belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ 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