Vitebsk District

Vitebsk Raion
Віцебскі раён / Витебский район

District

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voblast

Country

Belarus

Seat

Total 44 + Vitebsk

Area

• Total

2,800 km² (1,100 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

42,000

• Density

15/km² (39/sq mi)

Governor

Website

Official website

Vitebsk District (Belarusian: Віцебскі раён, Russian: Витебский район, Vitebsk Raion) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in Vitebsk Region (Vitebsk Voblast).

The administrative center of the district is the city of Vitebsk, administratively separated from the district. The most populated town of the raion itself is Ruba.

Geography

Situated in the eastern side of its Voblast and crossed by the Vitba river; Vitebsk Raion borders, from north to south, with the districts of Haradok, Shumilina, Beshankovichy, Syanno and Liozna. In the eastern side it borders with the Russian Oblasts, from south to north, of Smolensk and Pskov.

Subdivision

The district is divided into 8 rural councils (selsoviets) and 45 municipalities (including Vitebsk).^[1]

References

↑ (Belarusian)-(Russian) Informations on the official website of the raion

External links

Media related to Vitebsk Raion at Wikimedia Commons

Subdivisions of Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Districts (raiony)	Beshankovichy Braslaw Chashniki Dokshytsy Dubroŭna Haradok Hlybokaye Lepiel Liozna Myory Orsha Pastavy Polatsk Rasony Sharkawshchyna Shumilina Syanno Talachyn Ushachy Vitebsk Verkhnyadzvinsk

Cities	Baran Beshankovichy Braslaw Chashniki Dzisna Dokshytsy Dubroŭna Haradok Hlybokaye Lepiel Liozna Miory Navapolatsk Novalukoml Orsha Pastavy Polotsk Syanno Talachyn Vitebsk Verkhnyadzvinsk

Coordinates: 55°11′N 30°10′E / 55.183°N 30.167°E / 55.183; 30.167

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