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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 (01.01.2009 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 |
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
- ^ Belarus Regions
- ^ Minsk summary, at the website of the Belarus embassy in Russia.
- ^ a b Kratkaya Geograficheskaya Entsiklopediaya, Moscow, 1960. History of Soviet Beylorussian Oblasts
- ^ Official population estimations 01-01-2009
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