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Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск; Russian: Минск) is the capital and 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.
capital — Minsk; city of regional subordinance (Belarusian: горад абласнога падпарадкавання; Russian: город областного подчинения) — urban locality with a population of not less than 50,000 people; it has its own body of self-government, known as Council of Deputies (Belarusian ...
Currently for Belarus, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 oblasts and 1 city. The city Minsk is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the oblasts. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BY, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Belarus. The second part is two letters.
Belarus is the only European country still using capital punishment, having carried out executions in 2011. [198] LGBT rights in the country are also ranked among the lowest in Europe. [199] In March 2023, Lukashenko signed a law which allows using capital punishment against officials and soldiers convicted of high treason. [200]
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]
Lyeninski District or Lieninski District [2] (Belarusian: Ленінскі раён, romanized: Lieninski rajon; Russian: Ленинский район, romanized: Leninsky rayon) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It was named after Vladimir Lenin. [3] As of 2023, it has a population of 214,701. [1]
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