Administrative divisions of Belarus

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At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 voblasts. In addition, Minsk has a special administrative status of the capital.

Voblast (Belarusian: вобласць voblasts) is the major administrative subdivision in Belarus (see also "Oblast" article). It used to be translated as "province" or "region" in English. The recommended translation is the former one, because the latter may lead to confusion, since the minor administrative division of Belarus is called rajon (the word is translated as "district" in the administrative division sense and "region" in other senses) and the Belarusian word "рэгіён" is also translated as "region".

No.	Subdivision	Capital	Belarusian
1	Minsk (capital)		Мiнск
2	Brest Province	Brest	Брэсцкая вобласць
3	Homiel Province	Gomel	Гомельская вобласць
4	Hrodna Province	Hrodna	Гродзенская вобласць
5	Mogilev Province	Mogilev	Магілёўская вобласць
6	Minsk Province	Minsk	Мiнская вобласць
7	Vitebsk Province	Vitebsk	Вiцебская вобласць

The current subdivision into voblasts is inherited from the subdivision of Belarus when it was part of the USSR.

Voblasts (and cities) are further subdivided into raions (usually translated as districts).

See also: ISO 3166-2:BY, the ISO codes for the voblasts of Belarus.

	Subdivisions of Belarus
	Brest | Homyel | Hrodna | Mahilyow | Minsk | Minsk City | Vitsebsk