Stolin District or Stolinski Rayon (; ) is

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'') in the southeast of the

Brest Region Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cen ...

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. Its administrative center is in the city of

Stolin Stolin ( be, Сто́лін; uk, Сто́лін; russian: Сто́лин; pl, Stolin; Yiddish/Hebrew: סטולין) is a town in the Stolin District in Brest Region of Belarus. It is the centre of the largest district in Brest Region. The pop ...

. The region has a population of 89,000 people, of which 26,300 people live in urban areas.

History

It was established on January 15, 1940.

Geography

The Stolin raion covers 3342 km². and borders the country of

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to its south.

Demographics

At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Stolin Raion had a population of 80,695. Of these, 97.3% were of Belarusian, 1.2%

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and 0.9%

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ethnicity. 83.2% spoke Belarusian and 14.7%

as their native language.

Administrative Divisions

The district is subdivided into 2

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and 19 village councils, which administer a total of 97 settlements (1 urban and 96 rural). The two cities are

, the administrative center of the district, and

Davyd-Haradok Davyd-Haradok ( be, Давыд-Гарадок, ; russian: Давид-Городок, pl, Dawidgródek) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast (province) of Brest. It has 5991 inhabitants (2021 estimate). History Within the Grand Duchy ...

. There is one urban-class village,

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, which is classified as a worker settlement.

Notable people

* Helena Skirmunt, painter and sculptor *

Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Astapchuk ( be, Надзея Мікалаеўна Астапчук, ''Nadzeya Mikalayeuna Astapchuk''; russian: Надежда Остапчук, ''Nadezhda Ostapchuk;'' born October 28, 1980) is a Belarusian shot putter. She briefly was d ...

, athlete

References

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