Brest Region
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| Brest Voblast (Brest Oblast) Брэ́сцкая во́бласць Бре́стская о́бласть |
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| Coordinates: 52°08′00″N 23°40′00″E / 52.1333°N 23.6667°ECoordinates: 52°08′00″N 23°40′00″E / 52.1333°N 23.6667°E | |||
| Administrative center | Brest | ||
| Largest cities | Brest - 298,300 Baranovichi - 168,600 Pinsk - 130,500 |
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| Raions | 16 Cities: 20 Urban localities: 9 Villages: 2,178 |
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| Government | |||
| • Chairman | Kostantin Andreyevich Sumar | ||
| 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.
