Vitebsk District
Vitebsk District (Belarusian: Віцебскі раён, romanized: Viciebski rajon; Russian: Витебский район, romanized: Vitebsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the city of Vitebsk, which is administratively separated from the district.[1] The most populated town of the district itself is Ruba.
Vitebsk District
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vitebsk District within Vitebsk Region | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| Administrative center | Vitebsk |
| Municipalities | Total 44 + Vitebsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,737 km2 (1,057 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 34,478 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Governor | Gennady Sabynich |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
Situated in the eastern side of the district and crossed by the Vitba River; Vitebsk District borders, from north to south, 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.
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 8 rural councils (selsoviets) and 45 municipalities (including Vitebsk).[2]
Rural councils
Municipalities
Notable residents
- Alexander Rypinski (1809, Kukaviačyna estate - 1886), Belarusian and Polish poet, translator and folklorist, participant in the November Uprising[3]
References
- "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- (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.
