Regions o Belaroushie
At the top level o admeenistration, the Eastren European kintra o Belaroushie is dividit intae sax voblasts (meanin "provinces" or "regions") an the ceety o Minsk,[1] which haes a special status being the caipital o Belaroushie. Minsk is an aa the caipital o Minsk Region.[2]
At the seicont level, the voblasts are dividit intae raions ("districts").
The layoot an extent o the voblasts wur set in 1960 when Belaroushie (then Byelorussian SSR) wis a pairt o the Soviet Union.[3]
Map
| No. | Subdiveesion | Caipital | Belaroushie | Population (01.01.2009 est.)[4] |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minsk (caipital) | Мінск | 1,829,100 | ||
| 2 | Brest Region | Brest | Брэсцкая вобласць | 1,433,100 | |
| 3 | Gomel Region | Gomel | Гомельская вобласць | 1,464,500 | |
| 4 | Grodno Region | Hrodna | Гродзенская вобласць | 1,102,800 | |
| 5 | Mogilev Region | Mogilev | Магілёўская вобласць | 1,123,100 | |
| 6 | Minsk Region | Minsk | Мінская вобласць | 1,454,000 | |
| 7 | Vitebsk Region | Vitebsk | Віцебская вобласць | 1,265,300 |
History
At the stairt o the 20t century, the bundaries o the Belaroushie lands athin the Roushie Empire wur still being defined. The amoont o territory that wis cried Belaroushie contained the entire Minsk Govrenorate an Mogilev Govrenorate, the majority o Hrodna Govrenorate, pairts o Vitebsk Govrenorate an the pairts o Vilna Govrenorate (the latter is nou in Lithuanie).[3]
See an aa
- ISO 3166-2:BY, the ISO codes o the voblasts o Belaroushie.
- Touns o Belaroushie
