Regions of Belarus

Regions of Belarus
Category	First-level subdivision of a unitary state
Location	Belarus
Created	1960
Number	6 regions 1 capital city
Populations	(Regions only): 981,174 (Mogilev) – 1,992,862 (Minsk)
Areas	(Provinces only): 25,118.1 km2 (9,698.14 sq mi) (Grodno) – 40,361.6 km2 (15,583.72 sq mi) (Gomel)
Government	Province government
Subdivisions	Raion

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At the top level of administration, Belarus is divided into six regions and one capital city. The six regions are oblasts (also known as voblastsi), while the city of Minsk has a special status as the capital of Belarus.^[1] Minsk also serves as the administrative center of Minsk Region.^[2]

At the second level, the regions are divided into districts (raions).

The layout and extent of the regions were set in 1960 when Belarus (then the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union.^[3]