{{Short description|District of Vitebsk region, Belarus}} {{expand Belarusian|date=February 2024|topic=geo}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Vitebsk district | native_name = {{native name|be|Віцебскі раён}}<br />{{native name|ru|Витебский район}} | settlement_type = District | total_type = Total | image_flag = Flag of Viciebsk Rajon.svg | flag_size = 150 | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Viciebsk Rajon.svg | shield_size = 75 | image_map = Belarus, Viciebskaja voblasć, Viciebski rajon.png | map_caption = Location of Vitebsk District within Vitebsk Region | image_map1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Belarus | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Vitebsk region | area_total_km2 = 2737 | population_total = 34478 | population_as_of = 2023 | population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/|title=Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/|archive-date=17 April 2023|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | coor_pinpoint = Vitebsk | coordinates = | seat_type = Administrative center | seat = Vitebsk | parts_type = Municipalities | parts = Total 44 + Vitebsk | blank_name = Governor | blank_info = Gennady Sabynich | website = {{Official website|http://vitebsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by/}} | timezone = MSK | utc_offset = +3 }} '''Vitebsk district''' or '''Viciebsk district'''<ref>Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)</ref> ({{langx|be|Віцебскі раён|Viciebski rajon}}; {{langx|ru|Витебский район|Vitebsky rayon}}) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk region in northern Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the city of Vitebsk, which is administratively separated from the district.<ref name="pop"/> The most populated town of the district itself is Ruba.
==Geography== Situated in the eastern side of the district and crossed by the Vitba River; Vitebsk District borders, from north to south, the districts of Haradok, Shumilina, Beshankovichy, Syanno and Liozna. In the eastern side it borders with the Russian oblasts, from south to north, of Smolensk and Pskov.
==Administrative divisions== The district is divided into 8 rural councils (''selsoviets'') and 45 municipalities (including Vitebsk).<ref>{{in lang|be}}-{{in lang|ru}} [http://vitebsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by/ Information on the official website of the raion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119014727/http://vitebsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by/ |date=2012-11-19 }}</ref>
===Municipalities=== * Vidzy
== Notable residents ==
* Alexander Rypinski (1809, Kukaviačyna estate – 1886), Belarusian and Polish poet, translator and folklorist, participant in the November Uprising<ref> [https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2020/11/07/96247f72-a7e0-4382-ad1c-ec68459cf6b7.pdf Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)<nowiki>]</nowiki> (PDF) (in Belarusian)] (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 86–87. </ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Viciebsk District}}
{{Vitebsk Region}}
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Category:Vitebsk district