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Brest District

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Team
  
HK Brest

Brest District

University
  
Brest State Technical University

Points of interest
  
Brest Fortress, Berestye Archeological Museum, Muzeum Twierdzy Brzeskiej, Brest Railway Museum, Park 1 Maja

Brest District is an administrative subdivision, a district of Brest Region, in Belarus. The capital of the district is Brest.

Contents

Map of Brest District, Belarus

Demographics

At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Brest District had a population of 39,426. Of these, 83.0% were of Belarusian, 8.1% Russian, 6.9% Ukrainian and 0.9% Polish ethnicity. 54.8% spoke Russian and 40.4% Belarusian as their native language.

Industries

This raion is specialized in agriculture. Several recreational areas like Belaye Lake, summer camps and rest homes along the Mukhavets River attract numerous tourists from the country and abroad.

References

Brest District Wikipedia