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.

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Vitebsk District Віцебскі раён (Belarusian) Витебский район (Russian)
District
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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

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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.

The district is divided into 8 rural councils (selsoviets) and 45 municipalities (including Vitebsk).^[3]

Rural councils

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• Alexander Rypinski (1809, Kukaviačyna estate - 1886), Belarusian and Polish poet, translator and folklorist, participant in the November Uprising^[4]