Pruzhany District
Pruzhany District or Pruzhanski Rayon ; ) is district ("raion") of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pruzhany. Demographics. At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Pruzhany Raion had a population of 52,511. Of these, 87.5% were of Belarusian, 6.4% Russian, 3.4% Ukrainian and 1.9% Polish ethnicity. 65.4% spoke Belarusian and 31.7% Russian as their native language. Administrative Divisions. The district is subdivided into 1 city and 12 rural councils administering a total of 245 settlements (2 urban and 243 rural).