Vitebsk Region
The Wizebskaja Woblasz (White Russian Віцебская вобласць; Russian Витебская область / Witebskaja Oblast ) is an administrative district in the north of Belarus. Capital of Woblasz is Vitebsk ( weißr. Віцебск; Russian Витебск / Vitebsk ).
The Woblasz comprises 40,000 km ² and is 1.3211 million inhabitants ( 2004), among many Russians. In the Wizebskaja Woblasz many people were resettled from contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster in the south of Belarus.
Data
The land area of the Woblsz is 19.3 %. 13.8 % of the republic's population live in this Woblasz. The area is divided into 21 counties, 249 village Soviets, 19 cities (including 5 cities in the area subordination ) and 26 urban settlements. The center is the city of Vitebsk with 367,000 inhabitants.
Rajone
- Rajon Beschankowitschy
- Rajon Braslau
- Rajon Dokschyzy
- Rajon Dubrouna
- Rajon Haradok
- Rajon Hlybokaje
- Rajon Lepel
- Rajon Ljosna
- Rajon Miory
- Rajon Orsha
- Rajon Pastawy
- Rajon Polotsk
- Rajon Rasony
- Rajon Scharkouschtschyna
- Rajon Shumilina
- Rajon Senna
- Rajon Talatschyn
- Rajon Tschaschniki
- Rajon Uschatschy
- Rajon Werchnjadswinsk
- Rajon Vitebsk
Cities
The population of the cities listed reflect the situation on 1 January 2004. The possibly divergent Russian name is given in italics.
- Vitebsk Vitebsk - 342 400
- Worscha Orsha - 125,300
- Nawapolazk Novopolotsk - 101,300
- Polotsk Polotsk - 82,800
- Pastawy Postawy - 20,500
- Hlybokaye Glubokoe - 19,600
- Lepel - 18,800
- Nawalukoml Nowolukoml - 14,900
- Haradak Gorodok - 14,000
- Baran - 12,300
- Talatschyn Tolotschin - 10,500
- Braslaw - 10,100
- Tschaschniky Tschaschniki - 9800
- Dubrouna Dubrowno - 9100
- Miory - 9000
- Senna Senno - 8400
- Werchnjadswinsk Werchnedwinsk - 7900
- Dakschizy Dokschizy - 7000
- Dsisna - 2400