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List of cities and towns in Belarus

List of cities and towns in Belarus

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This is a list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither the Belarusian nor Russian languages have equivalent words to "city" and "town" in English. The word horad (Belarusian: горад) or gorod (Russian: город) is used for both.

Map of the Republic of Belarus

Overview

Belarusian legislation uses a three-level hierarchy of town classifications.[1]

According to the Law under May 5, 1998, the categories of the most developed urban localities in Belarus are as follows:

  • capital — Minsk;
  • city of regional subordinance (Belarusian: горад абласнога падпарадкавання; Russian: город областного подчинения) — urban locality with a population of not less than 50,000 people; it has its own body of self-government, known as Council of Deputies (Belarusian: Савет дэпутатаў; Russian: совет депутатов) and an executive committee (Belarusian: выканаўчы камітэт; Russian: исполнительный комитет), which stand on the level with these of a raion (Belarusian: раён).
  • city of district subordinance (Belarusian: горад раённага падпарадкавання; Russian: город районного подчинения) — urban locality with a population of more than 6,000 people; it may have its own body of self-government (Belarusian: Савет дэпутатаў; Russian: совет депутатов) and an executive committee (Belarusian: выканаўчы камітэт; Russian: исполнительный комитет), which belong to the same level as these of rural councils and of s.c. haradski pasiolak (Belarusian: гарадскі пасёлак; Russian: городской посёлок) (a type of a smaller urban locality).

This division was inherited by the contemporary Republic of Belarus from the Byelorussian SSR and introduced in 1938.[2]

As of 2020, 115 settlements had the status of a city/town. Among them:[3]

  • 10 cities of regional subordinance;
  • 104 towns of district subordinance;
  • Minsk — the capital of the country.

List

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Capital city
Cities and towns of regional subordination
Cities and towns of district subordination
Minsk
Grodno
Brest
Mogilev
Gomel
Vitebsk
Zhodzina
Barysaw
Salihorsk
Maladzyechna
Slutsk
Vileyka
Dzyarzhynsk
Maryina Horka
Stowbtsy
Smalyavichy
Zaslawye
Nyasvizh
Fanipal
Byerazino
Lyuban
Staryya Darohi
Kletsk
Lahoysk
Valozhyn
Chervyen
Kopyl
Uzda
Krupki
Myadzyel
Orsha
Novopolotsk
Polotsk
Pastavy
Hlybokaye
Lyepyel
Novolukoml
Haradok
Baran
Talachyn
Braslaw
Chashniki
Miory
Dubrowna
Syanno
Vyerkhnyadzvinsk
Dokshytsy
Dzisna
Babruisk
Horki
Asipovichy
Krychaw
Bykhaw
Klimavichy
Shklow
Kastsyukovichy
Mstsislaw
Byalynichy
Chavusy
Kirawsk
Cherykaw
Slawharad
Kruhlaye
Klichaw
Mazyr
Zhlobin
Svyetlahorsk
Rechytsa
Kalinkavichy
Rahachow
Dobrush
Zhytkavichy
Khoiniki
Pyetrykaw
Yelsk
Buda-Kashalyova
Narowlya
Vyetka
Chachersk
Vasilyevichy
Turov
Baranavichy
Pinsk
Kobryn
Byaroza
Luninyets
Ivatsevichy
Pruzhany
Ivanava
Drahichyn
Hantsavichy
Zhabinka
Mikashevichy
Byelaazyorsk
Stolin
Malaryta
Lyakhavichy
Kamyenyets
Davyd-Haradok
Vysokaye
Kosava
Lida
Slonim
Vawkavysk
Smarhon
Navahrudak
Masty
Shchuchyn
Ashmyany
Skidzyelʹ
Byarozawka
Iwye
Dzyatlava
Svislach
Astravyets
Sharkawshchyna
Cities and towns of Belarus
  • Minsk, City Hall
  • Gomel, Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence
  • Mogilev, City Hall
  • Vitebsk, City Hall
  • Grodno, Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier
  • Brest, Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
  • Babruysk, Church of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Virgin Mary
  • Baranavichy, Lenin Square
  • Barysaw, Church of the Resurrection of Christ
  • Pinsk, Jesuit collegium
  • Orsha, former Jesuit Cloister
  • Mazyr, Cathedral of Archangel Michael
  • Salihorsk, Administration Building

See also

References

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    "Закон Республики Беларусь от 5 мая 1998 года № 154-З "Об административно-территориальном делении и порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Беларусь"". Национальный правовой Интернет-портал Республики Беларусь. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. [2]
    Указ Президиума Верховного Совета БССР от 27 сентября 1938 года «О классификации населённых пунктов Белорусской ССР» (Собрание законов Белорусской ССР и указов Президиума Верховного Совета Белорусской ССР, 1938—1955 гг. — Мн.: издание Президиума Верховного Совета Белорусской ССР, 1956. — С.71—74)
  3. [3]
    Административно-территориальное деление Республики Беларусь на 1 января 2010 года // Статистический ежегодник Республики Беларусь 2010 / Зинковский В.И. и др.. — Мн.: Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь, 2009. — С. 26.
  4. [4]
    "Численность населения на 1 января 2012 года и среднегодовая численность населения за 2011 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
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    "Перепись населения 2009. Население Республики Беларусь: его численность и состав". Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь.
  6. [6]
    Minsk, being the capital of BSSR, became a city of republican subordinance on May, 14 1946. It means that it has become a separate administrative unit on the level with a region (voblasć). It has been included into the table for convenience.
  7. [7]
    Браслав // Большой энциклопедический словарь / Гл. ред. В.П.Шишков. — Москва: НИ «Большая Российская энциклопедия», 1998. — 640 с. — ISBN 978-5-85270-262-3
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