List of towns in Belarus

This is a list of the largest cities and towns in Belarus, including cities with population of over 5000, as assembled by the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Neither Belarusian nor Russian have equivalent words to English "city" and "town". The word ''horad'' ( be, горад) or ''gorod'' (russian: город) is used for both.

Overview

The Belarusian legislature uses a three-level hierarchy of town classifications.

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

This division was inherited by the contemporary Republic of Belarus from BSSR and introduced in 1938.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)

As of 2020, 115 settlements had the status of a city/town. Among them: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.
* 10 cities of oblast (voblasć) subordinance;
* 104 towns of raion subordinance;
* Minsk — the capital of the country.

The list

Map

Map legend:

: Capital
: Cities and towns of regional (voblast) subordination
: Cities and towns of raion subordination

Gallery

File:Miensk - Ratuša.jpg, Minsk, City Hall
File:Палацава-паркавы комплекс ў Гомелі. Фасад палаца.jpg, Homyel’, Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence
File:Магілёў. Цэнтр.JPG, Mahilyow, City Hall
File:Віцебск. 30.JPG, Vitsebsk, City Hall
File:Grodno plac.jpg, Grodno, Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier
File:Brest2.JPG, Brest, Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
File:Babrujsk-Maryja catholic church-1.JPG, Babruysk, Church of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Virgin Mary
File:Baranavichy pl lenina.JPG, Baranavichy, Lenin Square
File:Barysau.jpg, Barysaw, Church of the Resurrection of Christ
File:Цэнтр Пінска 10.jpg, Pinsk, Jesuit collegium
File:Комплекс былога езуіцкага калегіюму. г. Ворша 3.jpg, Orsha, former Jesuit Cloister
File:Church of Saint Michael Archangel, Mazyr.jpg, Mazyr, Cathedral of Archangel Michael
File:BLR Soligorsk Administration Building.jpg, Salihorsk, Administration Building

See also

* Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script
* Names of Belarusian places in other languages
* List of renamed cities in Belarus

References

External links

Toponym.by
— toponyms map of Belarus. Search by pattern and the visualization on the map.


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