Subdivisions of Belarus 

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At the top level of administration, the Eastern European country of Belarus is divided into six voblasti (or voblastsi, meaning "provinces" or "regions") and the city of Minsk, a horad ("municipality").1 As the capital of Belarus, Minsk has a special status. It is also the capital of Minsk Voblast (Minsk Province).2

At the second level, the voblasti are divided into raioni ("districts").

The layout and extent of the voblasti were set in 1960 when Belarus was a part of the Soviet Union.3

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No. Subdivision Capital Belarusian Population
(01.01.2008 est.)4		 Image:Subdivisions of Belarus.png
1 Minsk (capital) Мiнск 1,814,800
2 Brest Province Brest Брэсцкая вобласць 1,435,100
3 Homyel Province Gomel Гомельская вобласць 1,468,600
4 Hrodna Province Hrodna Гродзенская вобласць 1,106,600
5 Mahilyow Province Mogilev Магілёўская вобласць 1,129,600
6 Minsk Province Minsk Мiнская вобласць 1,461,800
7 Vitsebsk Province Vitebsk Вiцебская вобласць 1,273,300

See also: ISO 3166-2:BY for the ISO codes of the voblasts of Belarus.

History

At the start of the 20th century, the boundaries of the Belarusian lands were still being defined. The amount of territory that was called Belarus contained the entire provinces of Minsk and Mogilev, the majority of Hrodna, parts of Vitebsk and the parts of Vilna (now in Lithuania).3

References

  1. ^ Belarus Regions
  2. ^ Minsk summary, at the website of the Belarus embassy in Russia.
  3. ^ a b Kratkaya Geograficheskaya Entsiklopediaya, Moscow, 1960. History of Soviet Beylorussian Oblasts
  4. ^ The Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus

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