Vitebskaya Woblasz
The Vitebskaja Woblasz ( Belarusian Віцебская вобласць ; Russian Витебская область / Vitebskaja Oblast ) is an administrative district in northern Belarus . Capital of Woblasz is Wizebsk (whiteR. Віцебск ; russ. Витебск / Witebsk).
The Woblasz covers around 40,000 km² and has 1,321,100 inhabitants (2004), including many Russians . Many people were resettled in Vitebskaya Woblasz from areas in southern Belarus that were contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster .
Data
The land area of the Woblasz is 19.3%. 13.8% of the population of the republic live in this Woblasz. The area is divided into 21 districts, 249 village soviets, 19 cities (including 5 cities of regional subordination) and 26 urban settlements. The center is the city of Vitebsk with 367,000 inhabitants.
Rajons
- Bezankovichy district
- Braslau district
- Dokschyzy district
- Dubrouna district
- Haradok district
- Hlybokaye district
- Lepel district
- Lyosna district
- Myory Raion
- Orsha district
- Pastawy district
- Polatsk district
- Rassony district
- Sharkoushchyna district
- Shumilina Raion
- Sjanno district
- Talachyn district
- Chaschniki district
- Ushachy district
- Verkhnyadswinsk Raion
- Vitebsk Raion
Cities
The population of the cities listed is as of January 1st, 2004. Any deviating Russian designation is given in italics.
- Vitebsk Vitebsk - 342400
- Orsha - 125,300
- Nawapolazk Novopolotsk - 101,300
- Polatsk Polotsk - 82,800
- Pastawy Postawy - 20,500
- Hlybokaje Glubokoje - 19,600
- Lepel - 18,800
- Navalukoml Novolukoml - 14,900
- Haradak Gorodok - 14,000
- Baran - 12,300
- Talatschyn Tolotschin - 10,500
- Braslau Braslaw - 10.100
- Chaschniki - 9,800
- Dubrouna Dubrowno - 9,100
- Mjory Miory - 9,000
- Sjanno Senno - 8,400
- Verkhnyadvinsk Verkhnedvinsk - 7,900
- Dokschyzy Dokschizy - 7,000
- Dsisna Disna - 2,400
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Coordinates: 55 ° 20 ' N , 29 ° 0' E