Brest Region

Brest Voblast (Province) or Brest Oblast is a province (voblast) of Belarus. The administrative center is Brest. Important cities in the voblast include: Baranovichi, Brest, and Pinsk.

Brest Voblast (Brest Oblast) Брэ́сцкая во́бласць Бре́стская о́бласть
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Coordinates: 52.1333°S 23.6667°E / -52.1333; 23.6667
Administrative center	Brest
Largest cities	Brest - 298,300 Baranovichi - 168,600 Pinsk - 130,500
Raions	16 Cities: 20 Urban localities: 9 Villages: 2,178
Government
• Chairman	Piotr Parkhomchik
Area
• Total	32,700 km2 (12,600 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,308,569
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	BY-BR
Website	www.brest-region.by

The region was formed in 1939 after Western Belarus rejoined the Byelorussian SSR. Today it has 16 districts (raions), 225 selsovets, 20 cities, 5 city municipalities, 9 urban-type settlements, and 2178 villages.