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Map of the Republic of Belarus. This is a list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither the Belarusian nor Russian languages have equivalent words to "city" and "town" in English. The word horad (Belarusian: горад) or gorod (Russian: город) is used for both.
Retrieved 16 February 2013. Belarus, [ b ] officially the Republic of Belarus, [ c ] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a ...
This is a list of places in Belarus. At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 voblastsi (usually translated as regions or provinces) and one municipality (horad, i.e., "city"); the latter one is a special status of the capital of Belarus. Minsk, the municipality. Brest Region (Brest) Gomel Region (Gomel) Grodno Region ...
Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск, IPA: [mʲinsk]; Russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region and Minsk District.
Geography of Belarus. Coordinates: 53°N 28°E. Detailed map of Belarus. Average temperature in January (all numbers are in °C) [1] Average temperature in July (all numbers are in °C) [1] All-time temperature records in major cities of Belarus.
Regions of Belarus. 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 ]
Brest, Belarus. Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk and Brest-on-the-Bug, [a] is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug and Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a border town. It serves as the administrative center of Brest Region and Brest District, though it is administratively separated from the ...
The constitution guarantees preservation of the cultural heritage of all ethnic minorities, including their languages (Article 15). Russian, and not Belarusian, is the dominant language in Belarus, spoken normally at home by 70% of the population (2009 census). Major cities such as Minsk and Brest are overwhelmingly Russian-speaking.