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| | Belarus - ninemsn Encarta |
 | | For administrative purposes Belarus is divided into regions or voblasts: Brest; Homel; Hrodna; Minsk; Mahilyow; and Vitsyebsk, which are divided into districts or rayons. |
 | | The city of Minsk is administered separately from its voblast, as a municipality. |
 | | Other large cities, with their populations, include Homel, 480,000 (2001 estimate), Mahilyow, 360,600 (2001 estimate), Vitsyebsk, 341,500 (2001 estimate), Hrodna, 307,100 (2001 estimate), Brest, 291,400 (2001 estimate), and Bobruysk, 221,400 (2001 estimate). |
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