List of cities and towns in Belarus
This is a list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither the Belarusian nor the Russian language makes a distinction between "city" and "town" as English does; the word horad or gorod is used for both.
Overview
Belarusian legislation uses a three-level hierarchy of town classifications.According to the Law under May 5, 1998, the categories of the most developed urban localities in Belarus are as follows:capital — Minsk;city of regional subordinance — urban locality with a population of not less than 50,000 people; it has its own body of self-government, known as Council of Deputies and an executive committee, which stand on the level with these of a raion.city of district subordinance — urban locality with a population of more than 6,000 people; it may have its own body of self-government and an executive committee, which belong to the same level as these of rural councils and of s.c. haradski pasiolak .
This division was inherited by the contemporary Republic of Belarus from the Byelorussian SSR and introduced in 1938.
As of 2020, 115 settlements had the status of a city/town. Among them:
- 10 cities of regional subordinance;
- 104 towns of district subordinance;
- Minsk — the capital of the country.