Vitebsk Region

Vitsebsk Voblast or (; Vitsebskaya Voblast; ; 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.Offeecial data o the Naitional Statistical Committee o the Republic o Belaroushie as o 14-Oct-2009 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 
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 () in Vitsebsk Voblast. 

 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 (; ) - 342,400
 Orsha (; ) - 125,300
 Navapolatsk (; ) - 101,300
 Polatsk (; ) - 82,800
 Pastavy () - 20,500
 Hlybokaye ()- 19,600
 Lepel (; ) - 18,800
 Navalukoml - 14,900
 Haradok (; ) - 14,000
 Baran - 12,300
 Talachyn () - 10,500
 Braslaw (; ) - 10,100
 Chashniki () - 9,800
 Dubroŭna () - 9,100
 Myory () - 9,000
 Syanno ()- 8,400
 Beshankovichy () - 8,200
 Verkhnyadzvinsk ) - 7,300
 Dokshytsy ()- 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. 

 See an aw 
 Subdiveesions o Belaroushie

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

 / Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee 


Category:Regions o Belaroushie