Home › Entities › district_of_belarus › Vitebsk District

Vitebsk District

administrative division of Viciebsk region, Belarus
AdministrativeArea district_of_belarus Q1587133
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Vitebsk District is a district of Belarus[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of district of belarus entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vitebsk Okrug[3], Vitebsk Region[4]
  • Country: Belarus[5]
  • Head of government: Hienadz Sabynich[6]
  • Capital: Vitebsk[7]
  • Shares border with: Haradok district[8], Vitebsk[9], Šumilina District[10], Biešankovičy District[11], Syanno District[12], Liozna District[13]
  • Flag: flag of Vitebsk District[14]
  • Legislative body: Viciebsk District Council of Deputies[15]
  • Executive body: Viciebsk District Executive Committee[16]
  • Coat of arms: Герб Віцебскага раёна[17]
  • Commons category: Viciebsk District[18]
  • Local dialing code: 212[19]
  • Inception: July 17, 1924[20]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: February 15, 1931[21]
  • Official website: https://vitebsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Viciebsk District[23]
  • Population: 59,531[24], 37,484[25], 59,939[26], 54,981[27], 51,577[28], 48,995[29], 46,033[30], 45,263[31], 44,706[32], 44,203[33], 43,702[34], 43,153[35], 42,715[36], 41,920[37]
  • Office held by head of government: chairman of the Viciebsk District Executive Committee[38]
  • Official name: Віцебскі раён[39]
  • List of monuments: Cultural heritage monuments in Viciebsk District[40]
  • Category for people born here: Q8049392[41]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Vitebsk District[42]
  • Native label: Віцебскі раён[43]
  • Category for people buried here: Q29511563[44]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Vitebsk District[45]
  • Elevation above sea level: 163 m[46]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Vitebsk District covers an area of 2737.85 km²[47].

Why It Matters

Vitebsk District has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Belarus

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . vitebsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by. vitebsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q129257326. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q127385671. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q127385701. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q127918145. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Q127386017. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Interactive information and analytical system for disseminating official statistical information. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Population at the beginning of the period in 1996—2018 by cities of regional subordination and districts of the Viciebsk region. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Vitebsk District. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitebsk-district
MLA “Vitebsk District.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitebsk-district.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vitebsk-district_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vitebsk District}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitebsk-district}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Vitebsk District — https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitebsk-district (retrieved 2026-10-13)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitebsk-district · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9h ago · Etažy · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+59531'}, {'amount': '+37484'}, {'amount': '+59939'} +31
    Local dialing code → 212
    Wikipedia languages → ['bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cu', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fi', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59440|batch #59440]]: Колькасць насельніцтва Беларусі ў 2000 годзе ў разрэзе адміністрацыйных адзінак і гарадскіх паселішчаў"
  2. 20d ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → administrative division of Viciebsk region, Belarus
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Vitebsk Okrug, Vitebsk Region
    Detail map → Viciebsk district location map.svg
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||0 */ Changing order of values for [[Property:P131|P131]]"
  3. 17w ago · Etažy · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → flag of Vitebsk District
    Website → —
    Locator map image → Viciebsk District in Viciebsk voblasć.svg
    Located in → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Locator map image: Viciebsk District in Viciebsk voblasć.svg"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.