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Vitsebsk Voblast

Vitsebsk Region
Віцебская вобласць (Belarusian)
Витебская область (Russian)
Flag of Vitsebsk Region
Flag
Coat of arms of Vitsebsk Region
Coat of arms
Location of Vitsebsk Region
Administrative center Vitsebsk
Largest cities Vitsebsk - 342,400
Orsha - 125,300
Navapolatsk - 101,300
Raions 21
Cities - 19
Urban localities - 26
City raions 5
Area
 • Total 40,049.99 km2 (15,463.39 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)
 • Total 1,230,821
 • Density 31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Website www.vitebsk-region.gov.by

Vitebsk Region, Vitsebsk Voblast, or Vitebsk Oblast (Belarusian: Ві́цебская во́бласць, Viciebskaja Vobłasć, pronounced [ˈvʲitsʲɛpskaja ˈvɔblastsʲ]; Russian: Ви́тебская о́бласть, tr. Vitebskaya Oblast; IPA: [ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a region (voblast) of Belarus with its administrative center being Vitebsk (Viciebsk). It is located near the border with Russia.

As of a 2011, the region had a population of 1,221,800. It has the lowest population density in Belarus at 30.6 p/km².

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

Vitsebsk Region covers an area of 40,000 km², which is about 19.4% of the national total. It is bordered on the north by Pskov Oblast of Russia, by Smolensk Oblast of Russia on the east, on the south by Minsk Region and by Mogilev Region, on the southwest by Minsk and Grodno Regions, and on the west and northwest by Vilnius and Utena Counties of Lithuania and Dagda, Daugavpils, Krāslava and Zilupe Municipalities of Latvia.


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