Minsk district
{{Short description|District of Minsk region, Belarus}}
{{see also|Minsk metropolitan area}}
{{For|the former district of civil administration of Poland|Mińsk District}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Minsk District
| native_name = {{native name|be|Мінскі раён}}
{{native name|ru|Минский район}}
| settlement_type = District
| total_type = Total
| image_flag = Flag of Miensk district.png
| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Miensk district.png
| flag_size = 150
| shield_size = 75
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| image_map1 = {{Switcher|frameless|Show map of Minsk Region|frameless|Show map of Belarus|default=1}}
| map_caption1 =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Belarus
| subdivision_type1 = Belarus
| subdivision_name1 =
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Minsk region
| area_total_km2 = 1943
| population_total = 274,990
| population_urban = 27,987
| population_rural = 247,003
| population_as_of = 2024
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coor_pinpoint = Minsk
| coordinates = {{coord|53|54|N|27|34|E|type:adm2nd_source:itwiki|display=inline,title}}
| seat_type = Administrative center
| seat = Minsk
| parts_type = Municipalities
| parts = Total: 36 + Minsk
| blank_name = Governor
| blank_info = Pyotr Arsenyevich Yarmash
| timezone1 = MSK
| utc_offset1 = +3
| website = {{Official website|http://www.mrik.gov.by/}}
}}
File:Belarus-SMFAL-Central Belarus-House-5.jpg, located in Strochitsy.]]
File:Ostroshtskiy_gorodok_lake.jpg
Minsk district ({{langx|be|Мінскі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Минский район}}) is a district (raion) of Belarus in Minsk region. The administrative center is the capital Minsk, which is administratively separated from the district and region. As of 2024, it has a population of 274,990. The most populous town in the district is Zaslawye.
Geography
The district is situated both in the middle of Minsk Region and of the Belarus. It is crossed by the Svislach River and the towns around Minsk are part of its metropolitan area.
It borders, from north to south in a clockwise sense, with the districts of Vilyeyka, Lahoysk, Smalyavichy, Chervyen, Pukhavichy, Uzda, Dzyarzhynsk, Valozhyn and Maladzyechna.
Administrative divisions
{{update section|date=October 2024}}
The district is divided into 18 rural councils (sieĺsaviets) and 37 municipalities (including Minsk).{{in lang|be}}-{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.mrik.gov.by/ Information on the official website of the raion]
=Rural councils=
The 18 sieĺsaviets are: Astrašycki Haradok, Baraŭliany, Harani, Ždanovičy, Juzufova, Kalodziščy, Krupica, Lašany, Luhavaja Slabada, Michanavičy, Novy Dvor, Papiernia, Piatryški, Samachvalavičy, Sienica, Chaciežyna, Šaršuny, Ščomyslica.
=Municipalities=
The 37 municipalities counts one autonomous city (Minsk), one town (Zaslawye), one urban-type settlement (Machulishchy), and 34 simple municipalities (population as of 2009).{{in lang|ru}} [http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-6.pdf 2009 statistics of Belarus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030222404/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/vihod_tables/1.2-6.pdf |date=2010-10-30 }} (Belstat)
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|
- Minsk (1,837,000)
- Zaslawye (14,400)
- Machulishchy (8,000)
- Borzdyn Moloyo
- Butsevichi
- Chuchany
- Gorodzishko (Kolodishansky)
- Gorodzishko (Shomyslitsky)
- Hatava
- Ignatichi
- Karalishovichi
- Kosin
- Novoye Polye
- Novy Dvor Bolodkovichov
- Novy Dvor Bungenov
- Apchak
- Onopol
- Ostroshitski
- Astrashytski Haradok
- Papernya
- Ratamka
- Pryluki
- Pyatsovshchina
- Rovbitsi
- Rusinovitsi
- Syenitsa
- Solomorechcho
- Samakhvalavichy
- Stayki
- Staroye Selo
- Strochitsy
- Syomkava
- Syomkov Gorodok
- Torosov
- Tsna
- Vyovkabitsi
- Zamastochcha
}}
Notable residents
- Yan Matusevich (1946, Komenka village – 1998), first dean of the modern Belarusian Greek Catholic Church{{cite web |title=Айцец Ян Матусевіч, першы пробашч парафіі Сьв.Язэпа (1948-1998) (Father Yan Matusievich, first pastor of St. Joseph Parish (1948-1998))(in Belarusian) |url=http://svjazep.org/index.php?newsid=23 |access-date=6 February 2022}}
- Ernst Sabila (1932, Dzehciaroŭka village – 2022), Belarusian Protestant religious leader, dissident and Gulag survivor{{cite news |title=Памёр пратэстанцкі пастар, былы савецкі дысыдэнт Эрнст Сабіла (Protestant pastor and former Soviet dissident Ernst Sabila died)(in Belarusian) |newspaper=Радыё Свабода |date=5 February 2022 |url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/31688050.html |access-date=6 February 2022 |last1=Свабода |first1=Радыё }}
- Mikhail Puteiko (1913, Revkutyevichi village – 1945), Red Army general during World War II killed at the Battle of Bautzen
See also
References
{{Reflist}}