List of urban-type settlements in Belarus

This is a list of urban-type settlements in Belarus, which are a type of a populated place.

Overview

According to a 1998 law of the Republic of Belarus, 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 towns): 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 is inherited from the period of the Byelorussian SSR within the Soviet Union. Before the Soviet era, many modern urban settlements in Belarus were classified as ("market town").

List

As of the 2009 Belarusian census, there were 94 urban-type settlements, including 83 urban settlements, one resort settlement, and ten worker settlements. By January 1, 2016, there were 90 urban-type settlements, including 81 urban settlements, one resort settlement and eight worker settlements.

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