Kamenets District

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Kamenets District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. In Kamenets Raion in few kilometers to the South-West from Vysokaye town on the Bug River the western extreme point of Belarus is situated.[1]

Demographics

At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Kamenets Raion had a population of 39,143. Of these, 83.2% were of Belarusian, 7.4% Ukrainian, 6.7% Russian and 1.7% Polish ethnicity. 52.1% spoke Russian and 43.0% Belarusian as their native language.

References

  1. "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. The Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise “National Cadastre Agency” of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

Coordinates: 52°23′20″N 23°48′46″E / 52.38889°N 23.81278°E / 52.38889; 23.81278


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