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Vitebsk Region

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Vitebsk Region

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Also known as Vitebsk Oblast, Vitsebsk Voblast, Viciebskaja vobłasć, Vitebskaya oblast, Viciebsk Region, Vitebsk Oblast (Belarus)

administrative division (voblasć) in Belarus

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Vitebsk Region is an administrative division in northeastern Belarus that serves as one of the country's major territorial and governmental units. It matters as a significant part of Belarus's regional structure, encompassing cities, towns, and rural areas with their own local administration and services.

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Two 12th–13th c. runic inscriptions from Maskovichi Vitebsk region, also known as Vitebsk oblast or Vitsyebsk voblasts, is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Vitebsk. It is located in the north of the country and borders Russia.

As of 2019, it had a population of 1,135,731, the lowest population density in Belarus at 30.6 p/km².

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vitebsk Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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