Minsk Region

Minsk Region
Мінская вобласць (Belarusian)
Минская область (Russian)
From the top to bottom-right: Nesvizh Castle, Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Budslaw, Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Barysaw, Kapyl, Maladzyechna
Coat of arms of Minsk Region
Location of Minsk Region
CountryBelarus
Administrative centerMinsk
Largest citiesBarysaw - 150,400
Salihorsk - 101,400
Maladzyechna - 98,514
Districts22 (and 1 subordinate city)
Cities - 22
Urban localities - 20
City districts8
Government
 • ChairmanAleksandr Turchin
Area
 • Total39,912.35 km2 (15,410.24 sq mi)
Highest elevation
345 m (1,132 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total1,460,289
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
GDP
 • TotalBr 41.0 billion
(€11.5 billion)
 • Per capitaBr 28,000
(€7,900)
Area code+375 17
ISO 3166 codeBY-MI
HDI (2022)0.811[2]
very high · 1st
Websitewww.minsk-region.gov.by
Map

Minsk Region, also known as Minsk Oblast[a] or Minsk Voblasts,[b] is one of the six regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, although it is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus. The region's population was recorded at 1,411,500 in 2011.[3]

  1. ^ "Gross domestic product and gross regional product by regions and Minsk city in 2023". www.belstat.gov.by.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
  3. ^ "Territory and population density of Belarus by region as of January 1, 2011. Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. the Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise "National Cadastre Agency" of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.


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