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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]
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

[edit] 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]

[edit] See also

• ISO 3166-2:BY, the ISO codes of the voblasts of Belarus.
• Towns of Belarus

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Current Status of United Nations Romanization Systems for Geographical Names of Belarus

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