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Brest Voblast (Brest Oblast)

Брэ́сцкая во́бласць Бре́стская о́бласть
Flag of Brest Voblast (Brest Oblast)
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 Coat of arms of Brest Voblast (Brest Oblast)
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Location of Brest Voblast (Brest Oblast)
Administrative center Brest
Largest cities Brest - 298,300
Baranovichi - 168,600
Pinsk - 130,500
Raions 16
Cities: 20
Urban localities: 9
Villages: 2,178
Area
 • Total 32,700 km2 (12,600 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 1,445,600
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Website www.brest-region.by

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.

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.

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  • Belarusians in Bresckaja voblasć, Belarus (2009 census)

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  • Birth rate in Bresckaja voblasć, Belarus (2017, by districts)

    Birth rates by districts and major cities (2017)

  • Mortality rate in Bresckaja voblasć, Belarus (2017, by districts)

    Mortality rates by districts and major cities (2017)

  • BrestFortress7

    Brest Fortress.

  • Kosaŭskі palac, 2016 2

    Palace in Kosava.

  • Monument to Kosciuszko, Belarus

    Tadeusz Kościuszko birthplace in Mieračoŭščyna.

  • Tower of Kamyanets

    The Kamianiec Tower.

  • Цэнтр Пінска 12

    The Jesuit Collegium in Pinsk.

See also

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