Vitebsk Region

Vitebsk Region, Vitsebsk Voblast, or Vitebsk Oblast  is a region (voblast) of Belarus.  The administrative center is Vitebsk (Viciebsk). As of a 2009, the region had a population of 1,230,800.

Important cities within the region include Vitebsk, Orsha, and Navapolatsk.

The Vitsebsk Voblast is divided into 21 raions, 5 cities of oblast subordinance, 19 additional cities, 249 selsovets, and 26 urban-type settlements.

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