Orsha Raion

The Rajon Orsha ( Belarusian Аршанскі раён; Russian Оршанский район ) is an administrative unit in the southeastern Wizebskaja Woblasz in Belarus with the administrative center in the town of Orsha. The Rajon has an area of 1,660 km ² and comprises 263 villages.

Geography

The Rajon Orsha located in the southeast of the Wizebskaja Woblasz. The Nachbarrajone in Woblast Vitebsk in the West Talatschyn, in the northwest of Senna, in the north and in the east Ljosna Dubrouna.

History

The Rajon Orsha was formed on 17 July 1924.

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