Back مقاطعة فيتسبك Arabic Provincia de Vítebsk AST Vitebsk vilayəti Azerbaijani Wizebskaja Woblasz BAR Vėtebska srėtės BAT-SMG Віцебская вобласць Byelorussian Віцебская вобласьць BE-X-OLD Витебска област Bulgarian Vitepska oblast BS Província de Vítsiebsk Catalan
Vitebsk Region
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| Country | Belarus |
| Administrative center | Vitebsk |
| Largest cities | Vitebsk - 369,933 Orsha - 115,938 Novopolotsk - 102,288 |
| Districts | 21 Cities - 19 Urban localities - 26 |
| City districts | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Alexander Mikhailovich Subotsin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40,049.99 km2 (15,463.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,091,948 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | Br 19.7 billion (€5.5 billion) |
| • Per capita | Br 14,800 (€4,200) |
| ISO 3166 code | BY-VI |
| HDI (2018) | 0.799[3] high · 5th |
| Website | www.vitebsk-region.gov.by |
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Vitebsk Region or Viciebsk Region,[4] also known as Vitebsk Oblast or Vitsyebsk Voblasts[5] (Belarusian: Віцебская вобласць, romanized: Viciebskaja voblasć, IPA: [ˈvʲit͡sʲɛpskaja ˈvɔblast͡sʲ]; Russian: Витебская область, romanized: Vitebskaya oblast, IPA: [ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]), is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Vitebsk. It is located in the north of the country, and borders on Russia.
As of 2019[update] the region had a population of 1,135,731[6] and the lowest population-density for any region in Belarus: 30.6 p/km².
Important cities within the region include Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk.
- ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Gross domestic product and gross regional product by regions and Minsk city in 2023". www.belstat.gov.by.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ "Vitsyebsk". www.britannica.com.
- ^ "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. Territory and population density of Belarus by region as of January 1, 2011". 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 24 September 2013.