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At the top level of administration, the Eastern European country of Belarus is divided into six voblasts (meaning "provinces" or "regions") and the city of Minsk,[1] which has a special status being the capital of Belarus. Misnk is also the capital of Minsk Voblast (Minsk Province).[2]
At the second level, the voblasts are divided into raions ("districts").
The layout and extent of the voblasts were set in 1960 when Belarus (then Byelorussian SSR) was a part of the Soviet Union.[3]
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| No. | Subdivision | Capital | Belarusian | Population (01.01.2009 est.)[4] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minsk (capital) | Мiнск | 1,829,100 | ||
| 2 | Brest Province | Brest | Брэсцкая вобласць | 1,433,100 | |
| 3 | Homiel Province | Gomel | Гомельская вобласць | 1,464,500 | |
| 4 | Hrodna Province | Hrodna | Гродзенская вобласць | 1,102,800 | |
| 5 | Mahilyow Province | Mogilev | Магілёўская вобласць | 1,123,100 | |
| 6 | Minsk Province | Minsk | Мiнская вобласць | 1,454,000 | |
| 7 | Vitsebsk Province | Vitebsk | Вiцебская вобласць | 1,265,300 |
History
At the start of the 20th century, the boundaries of the Belarusian lands within the Russian Empire were still being defined. The amount of territory that was called Belarus contained the entire provinces (guberniyas) of Minsk and Mogilev, the majority of Hrodna, parts of Vitebsk and the parts of Vilna (the latter is now in Lithuania).[3]
See also
- ISO 3166-2:BY, the ISO codes of the voblasts of Belarus.
- Towns of Belarus
References
- ^ Belarus Regions
- ^ Minsk summary, at the website of the Belarus embassy in Russia.
- ^ a b Kratkaya Geograficheskaya Entsiklopediya, Moscow, 1960. History of Soviet Beylorussian Oblasts
- ^ Official population estimations 01-01-2009
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