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Brest district

subdivision (rajon) of Brest voblasć, Belarus
AdministrativeArea district_of_belarus Q1888816
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Summary

Brest district is a district of Belarus[1]. It draws 225 Wikipedia views per month (district of belarus category, ranking #11 of 103).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brest Region[3]
  • Country: Belarus[4]
  • Head of government: Уладзімір Рыгоравіч Сянчук[5]
  • Capital: Brest[6]
  • Shares border with: Kamieniec District[7], Žabinka District[8], Malaryta district[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Włodawa[10]
  • Legislative body: Brest District Council of Deputies[11]
  • Executive body: Brest District Executive Committee[12]
  • Coat of arms: Герб Берестейського району[13]
  • Commons category: Brest District[14]
  • Local dialing code: +375 162[15]
  • Inception: January 15, 1940[16]
  • Official website: https://brest.brest-region.gov.by[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brest district[18]
  • Population: 49,281[19], 42,287[20], 41,787[21], 42,814[22], 42,500[23], 45,350[24], 45,277[25], 45,274[26], 45,251[27], 45,069[28], 44,887[29], 44,945[30], 44,992[31], 45,549[32]
  • Office held by head of government: chairman of the Brest District Executive Committee[33]
  • Described by source: The population as of January 1, 2016 and the average annual population for 2015 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements[34], The population as of January 1, 2017 and the average annual population for 2016 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements[35], The population as of January 1, 2018 and the average annual population for 2017 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements[36]
  • List of monuments: Cultural heritage monuments in Brest District[37]
  • Category for people born here: Q8047231[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Brest District[39]
  • Native label: Брэсцкі раён[40]
  • Category for people buried here: Q24229722[41]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Brest district[42]
  • Elevation above sea level: 142 m[43]
  • Area: 1544.11 km²[44]

Why It Matters

Brest district has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Related Entities

Belarus

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . brest.brest-region.gov.by. brest.brest-region.gov.by. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . raport.wlodawa.eu. raport.wlodawa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q127385671. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q127385701. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q127918145. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q127386017. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Interactive information and analytical system for disseminating official statistical information. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Interactive information and analytical system for disseminating official statistical information. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Q137682400. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+49281'}, {'amount': '+42287'}, {'amount': '+41787'} +30
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||0 */ Changing order of values for [[Property:P1082|P1082]]"
  2. 4d ago · Etažy · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+49281'}, {'amount': '+42287'}, {'amount': '+41787'} +30
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59497|batch #59497]]: Тэст"
  3. 4d ago · Etažy · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Detail map → Brest district location map.svg
    Population → {'amount': '+49281'}, {'amount': '+42287'}, {'amount': '+41787'} +30
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59445|batch #59445]]: Колькасць насельніцтва Брэсцкай вобласці ў 2000 годзе ў разрэзе раёнаў і гарадскіх паселішчаў"
  4. 7d ago · Etažy · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cu', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fr',
    Locator map image → Brescki rajon in Brest voblaść.svg
    Image → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Brest-raion.png"
  5. 20w ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Уладзімір Рыгоравіч Сянчук
    Legislative body → Brest District Council of Deputies
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 52.115277777778, 'lon': 23.661111111111}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Brest region
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Population: 45,629"
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