Vitebsk District
Vitebsk District (Belarusian: Віцебскі раён, Russian: Витебский район, Vitebsk Raion) is a district of Belarus in Vitebsk Region.
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 |
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
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.
