According to a 1998 law of the

Republic of Belarus A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

,Закон Республики Беларусь от 5 мая 1998 г. № 154-З «Об административно-территориальном делении и порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Беларусь»
there are three categories of urban-type settlements in Belarus: *Urban settlements (; ): with population over 2,000, industrial enterprises and developed residential infrastructure *Resort settlements (; ,

resort town A resort town, often called a resort city or resort destination, is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town has one or more actual resorts in the surrounding ...

s): with population of at least 2,000, sanatoriums, resorts or other health recuperation establishments, and developed residential infrastructure *Worker settlements (; ): with population at least 500, servicing industrial enterprises, construction sites, railroad stations, electric stations, or other industrial objects. The notion of

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

is inherited from the period of the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

within the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Before the Soviet era, many modern urban settlements in Belarus were classified as ('

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

').

List of urban-type settlements

As of the

2009 Belarusian census The 2009 Belarusian census was the second census in Belarus after it became an independent state after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The census was carried out during October 14–24, 2009. The initial results are to be announced by February ...

, there were 94 urban-type settlements, including 83 urban settlements, one resort settlement, and ten worker settlements.Перепись населения Республики Беларусь. Численность населения областей и районов
Брестская областьВитебская областьГомельская областьГродненская областьгород МинскМинская областьМогилёвская область
As of January 1, 2016, there were already 90 urban-type settlements, including 81 urban settlements, one resort settlement and eight worker settlements.Численность населения на 1 января 2016 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2015 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа.

External links

The Roman alphabet transliteration of Belarusian geographical names

References

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