Country Belarus Municipalities Total 44 + Vitebsk Website Official website Local time Tuesday 1:18 PM Voblast Vitebsk Region | Seat Vitebsk Governor ? Area 2,800 km² Population 42,000 (2006) | |
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Vitebsk District (Belarusian: Віцебскі раён, Russian: Витебский район, Vitebsk Raion) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in Vitebsk Region (Vitebsk Voblast).
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Map of Vitsebsk District, Belarus
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).
References
Vitebsk District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA