Vitebsk District
Vitebsk Raion
Віцебскі раён / Витебский район | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within the oblast | |
| Country |  Belarus |
| Voblast |  Vitebsk |
| Seat | Vitebsk |
| Municipalities | Total 44 + Vitebsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,737 km2 (1,057 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 42,000 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Governor | Gennady Sabynich |
| Website | Official website |
Vitebsk District (Belarusian: Віцебскі раён, Russian: Витебский район, Vitebsk Raion) is a district of Belarus in Vitebsk Region.
The administrative center of the district is the city of Vitebsk, administratively separated from the district. The most populated town of the district itself is Ruba.
Geography
Situated in the eastern side of its Voblast and crossed by the Vitba river; Vitebsk District 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]
Rural councils
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (May 2010) |
Municipalities
Notable residents
Alexander Rypinski (1809, Kukaviačyna estate - 1886), Belarusian and Polish poet, translator and folklorist, participant in the November Uprising[2]
References
- ^ (in Belarusian)-(in Russian) Information on the official website of the raion
- ^ Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 86–87.
External links
Media related to Viciebsk District at Wikimedia Commons
- Articles with Belarusian-language sources (be)
- Articles with Russian-language sources (ru)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Pages using infobox settlement with no coordinates
- Articles containing Belarusian-language text
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- Articles to be expanded from May 2010
- All articles to be expanded
- Articles with empty sections from May 2010
- All articles with empty sections
- Articles using small message boxes
- Commons category link is locally defined
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Districts of Vitebsk Region