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Rural councils of Belarus

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All administrative divisions of Belarus, April 2025

Rural councils of Belarus (Belarusian: сельсаветы, Russian: сельсоветы, selsoviets) are the lowest-level rural territorial units of the country. They are subordinated to districts of Belarus. If a rural council includes agrotowns, then one of them is the administrative center of the rural council, with some exceptions.[1]

The system was introduced in 1924, when the whole Soviet Union replaced its administrative division inherited from the Russian Empire.[2]

According to the 2009 Belarusian census, the numbers of rural councils were:

According to the 2019 Belarusian census, the numbers of rural councils were:

References

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  1. ^ "Закон Республики Беларусь от 5 мая 1998 г. №154-З "Об административно-территориальном делении и порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Беларусь"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  2. ^ РАЙОНИРОВАНИЕ. АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНОЕ ДЕЛЕНИЕ СТРАНЫ.
  3. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/bresckaja.htm
  4. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/homielskaja.htm
  5. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/hrodzienskaja.htm
  6. ^ Populated places of Minsk region, 2009
  7. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/mahilouskaja.htm
  8. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/viciebskaja.htm
  9. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/bresckaja.htm
  10. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/homielskaja.htm
  11. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/hrodzienskaja.htm
  12. ^ Populated places of Minsk region, 2019
  13. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/mahilouskaja.htm
  14. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/viciebskaja.htm