Vitebsk Region or Viciebsk Region,[4] also known as Vitebsk Oblast or Vitsyebsk Voblasts[5] (Belarusian: Віцебская вобласць, romanized: Viciebskaja voblasć, IPA:[ˈvʲit͡sʲɛpskajaˈvɔblast͡sʲ]; Russian: Витебская область, romanized: Vitebskaya oblast, IPA:[ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjəˈobləsʲtʲ]), is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Vitebsk. It is located in the north of the country, and borders on Russia.
As of 2019[update] the region had a population of 1,135,731[6] and the lowest population-density for any region in Belarus: 30.6 p/km².
Important cities within the region include Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk.
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^"Gross domestic product and gross regional product by regions and Minsk city in 2023". www.belstat.gov.by.
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^Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
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^"Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. Territory and population density of Belarus by region as of January 1, 2011". Land of Ancestors. The Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise "National Cadastre Agency" of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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