Voblast

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".

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 '' Raion s'' (usually translated as ''districts'').

See also: , the ISO codes for the voblasts of Belarus.

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