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Brest Voblast (Province) or '''Brest Oblast''' (; ''Brestskaya voblasts''; ; ''Brestskaya Oblast'') is a Province ( Voblast ) of Belarus with its Administrative Center being Brest . Important cities within the voblast' include: Baranovichi , Brest , and Pinsk . GEOGRAPHY It is located in the southwestern part of Belarus, bordering the Podlasie and Lublin Voivodship s of Poland on the east, the Volyn and Rivne Oblast s of Ukraine on the south, the Hrodna and Minsk Voblast s on the north, and the Homyel Voblast on the east. The voblast' covers at total area of 32,300 km&2, about 15,7% of the national total. It is oftain dubbed the ''Western gateway'' to Belarus . Geographically, the Brest Voblast belongs to the area known as Polesia . DEMOGRAPHICS The Brest Voblast has a population of 1,462,900 (2004 estimate), about 14,7% of the national total. Aboru 47.2% of the voblast's population are men, and the remaining 52.8% are women. Of the major nationalities living in the Brest Voblast, 1,262,600 are Belarusians (85%), 128,700 (8.6% are Russians , 57,100 (3.8%) are Ukrainians , and 27,100 (1.8%) are Poles . ADMINISTRATIVE SUDIVISIONS The region was formed in 1939 after reunification of Western Belarus and the Byelorussian SSR . Today it is comprised of 16 Districts ( Raions ), 225 Selsovets , 20 cities, 5 city municipalities, 9 Urban-type Settlement s, and 2178 villages. Raions of Brest Voblast The sixteen Raion s ( District s) of the Brest Voblast are: Cities And Towns
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