Vitebsk Region

Vitsebsk Voblast or (Belaroushie: Ві́цебская во́бласць; Vitsebskaya Voblast; Roushie: Ви́тебская о́бласть; Vitebskaya Oblast) is a province (voblast) o Belaroushie wi its admeenistrative center being Vitebsk (Viciebsk). As o a 2009 estimate, the voblast haes a population o 1,230,800.^[1] It an aw haes the lawest population density in Belaroushie at 30.6 p/km².

Important ceeties athin the region include: Vitebsk, Orsha, an Navapolatsk.

Geography

Map o the admeenistrative subdiveesions o the Vitsebsk Region.

The Vitsebsk Voblast covers an aurie o 40,100 km², which is aboot 19.4 % o the naitional total. It is bordered on the north an east bi the Roushie oblasts o Pskov an Smolensk, on the sooth bi Minsk an Mahilyow Regions, on the soothwast bi Minsk an Hrodna Regions, an on the wast an northwast bi Vilnius Coonty an Utena Coonty o Lithuanie an Daugavpils municipality o an Latvie.

In 2000 Belaroushie scientists Alexey Solomonov an Valery Anoshko published a report in which they statit that the geographic centre o Europe wis locatit near lake Sho (Belaroushie: Шо) in Vitsebsk Voblast. [1]Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

Economy

The Vitebsk Voblast haes a number o important transport connections wi Roushie, Ukraine, the Baltic kintras, an Poland. Haein strang economic tees wi the neighborin Baltic kintras an Roushie, the voblast trees tae maintain a free trade aurie aroond its admeenistrative center, Vitsebsk, nou attractin foreign investments.

Admeenistrative subdiveesions

The Vitsebsk Region is subdividit intae 21 raions, 5 ceeties o oblast subordinance, 19 additional ceeties, 249 selsovets, an 26 urban-type settlements.

Vitsebsk (Belaroushie: Ві́цебск; Roushie: Ви́тебск) - 342,400
Orsha (Belaroushie: О́рша; Roushie: О́рша) - 125,300
Navapolatsk (Belaroushie: Наваполацк; Roushie: Новополоцк) - 101,300
Polatsk (Belaroushie: По́лацк; Roushie: По́лоцк) - 82,800
Pastavy (Belaroushie: Паставы) - 20,500
Hlybokaye (Belaroushie: Глыбокае)- 19,600
Lepel (Belaroushie: Ле́пель; Roushie: Ле́пель) - 18,800
Navalukoml - 14,900
Haradok (Belaroushie: Гарадок; Roushie: Городок) - 14,000
Baran - 12,300
Talachyn (Belaroushie: Талачын) - 10,500
Braslaw (Belaroushie: Браслаў; Roushie: Браслав) - 10,100
Chashniki (Belaroushie: Чашнікі) - 9,800
Dubroŭna (Belaroushie: Дуброўна) - 9,100
Myory (Belaroushie: Мёры) - 9,000
Syanno (Belaroushie: Сянно)- 8,400
Beshankovichy (Belaroushie: Бешанко́вічы) - 8,200
Verkhnyadzvinsk Belaroushie: Верхнядзвінск) - 7,300
Dokshytsy (Belaroushie: Докшыцы)- 7,000
Disna - 2,400

Demographics

Vitebsk currently haes the lawest birth rate an the seicont heichest daith rate in aw o Belaroushie. As o 2008, the birth rate wis 9.7 per 1000, while the daith rate wis 15.5 per 1000. [2]