Area 1,413 km² | ||
Byaroza District (Belarusian language: Бярозаўскі раён) is an administrative subdivision of the Brest Region of Belarus with the center in Byaroza. The district is located in northwestern Polesia.
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Map of Biaroza District, Belarus
The district was formed in 1940 after the Soviet annexation of West Belarus.
In 1958–1967 the Byaroza hydroelectric power station was built. The town of Byelaazyorsk is built for the power station workers in 1958.
There are two biological reserves in the district, near villages Sporava and Buslouka.
Demographics
At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Byaroza District had a population of 66,988. Of these, 90.8% were of Belarusian, 5.7% Russian, 1.8% Ukrainian and 1.0% Polish ethnicity. 61.7% spoke Belarusian and 36.2% Russian as their native language.
Economics
There are industry enterprises in the rayon producing agricultural products, ceramics, construction materials, textiles.
An important railway branch connecting region center Brest and capital Minsk goes through the Byaroza district. Main railway stations in the rajon are Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, Bronnaya Hara, Byelaazyorsk.