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 | 12.60/km2 (32.63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Governor | Gennady Sabynich |
| Website | Official website |
Vitebsk district or Viciebsk district[2] (Belarusian: Віцебскі раён, romanized: Viciebski rajon; Russian: Витебский район, romanized: Vitebsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk region in northern 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.
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).[3]
Municipalities
Notable residents
- Alexander Rypinski (1809, Kukaviačyna estate – 1886), Belarusian and Polish poet, translator and folklorist, participant in the November Uprising[4]
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.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- (in Belarusian)-(in Russian) Information on the official website of the raion Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- 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