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Urban type settlements in Belarus

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According to a 1998 law of the Republic of Belarus, there ate three categories of urban-type settlements in Belarus:

  • Urban settlements (Belarusian гарадскія пасёлкі): with population over 2,000, industrial enterprises and developed residential infrastructure
  • Resort settlements (Belarusian курортныя пасёлкі, resort towns): with population of at least 2,000, sanatoriums, resorts or other health recuperation establishments, and developed residential infrastructure
  • Worker settlements (Belarusian рабочыя пасёлкі): with population at least 500, servicing industrial enterprises, construction sites, railroad stations, electric stations, or other industrial objects.

    • The notion of urban-type settlement is inherited from the times of Belarusian SSR within the Soviet Union.

    Before the Soviet times, many modern urban settlements in Belarus were classified as miastechka/miasteczko ("market town").

    List of urban-type settlements

    As of October 14, 2009 (census), there were 94 urban-type settlements, including 83 urban settlements, 1 resort settlement, 10 worker settlements.

    As of January 1, 2016, there were already 90 urban-type settlements, including 81 urban settlements, 1 resort settlement and 8 worker settlements.

    References

    Urban-type settlements in Belarus Wikipedia
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