Subdivisions 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 (вобласць/вобласьць in modern Belarusian or vobłaść in Lacinka) 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 | 
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| 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: , the ISO codes for the voblasts of Belarus.
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| Brest | Homiel | Hrodna | Mahilyow | Minsk | Minsk City | Vitsebsk | |||
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