Ivanava District is an

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subdivision, a

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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 ...

, in

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. Its administrative center is

Ivanava Ivanava ( be, Іванава, russian: Иваново, pl, Janów Poleski, he, יאנוב/ינוב על יד פינסק) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Ivanava district. History First mentioned in the ...

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 census, Ivanava District had a population of 43,586. Of these, 95.5% declared Belarusian, 2.2%

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and 1.8%

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. 80.9% spoke Belarusian and 17.0%

as their native language.

Settlements

* Moładava

Notable residents

Napoleon Orda Napoleon Mateusz Tadeusz Orda ( be, Напалеон Орда; lt, Napoleonas Orda; 11 February 1807 – 26 April 1883) was a Polish-Lithuanian musician, pianist, composer and artist, best known for numerous sketches of historical sites of the ...

(1807-1883), artist known for numerous sketches of historical sites of the former

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...

Belarus celebrates 200th anniversary of artist and musician Napoleon Orda (У Беларусі адзначаюць 200-годзьдзе мастака і музыкі Напалеона Орды)
(in Belarusian)

References

External links

* Districts of Brest Region {{Belarus-geo-stub