Baranavichy district

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]

Baranavichy district Баранавіцкі раён (Belarusian) Барановичский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°07′40″N 25°58′43″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Administrative center	Baranavichy
Area
• District	2,170.25 km2 (837.94 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	27,287
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Urban	1,705
• Rural	25,582
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	baranovichi.brest-region.gov.by

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