Byaroza District
District of Brest Region, Belarus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
District of Brest Region, Belarus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Byaroza District or Biaroza District[3] (Belarusian: Бярозаўскі раён; Russian: Берёзовский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Byaroza.[2] The district is located in the northwest of the historical region of Polesia. As of 2024, it has a population of 57,767.[2]
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Byaroza District
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Coordinates: 52°31′58″N 24°58′39″E | |
Country | Belarus |
Region | Brest Region |
Formed | 1940 |
Administrative center | Byaroza |
Government | |
• Chairman | Vyacheslav Metlitsky[1] |
Area | |
• District | 1,405.74 km2 (542.76 sq mi) |
Population (2024)[2] | |
• District | 57,767 |
• Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
• Urban | 39,360 |
• Rural | 18,407 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Website | bereza |
The district was formed in 1940 after the Soviet annexation of Western Belarus.
In 1958–1967 the Byaroza hydroelectric power station was built. The town of Byelaazyorsk was built for the power station workers in 1958.
There are two biological reserves in the district, near villages Sporava and Buslowka.
At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, 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. In 2023, it had a population of 58,350.[4]
There are industry enterprises in the raion producing agricultural products, ceramics, construction materials, textiles.
An important railway branch connecting Brest and Minsk goes through the Byaroza district. Its main railway stations are Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, Bronnaya Hara and Byelaazyorsk.
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