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List of urban-type settlements in Belarus

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This list is of Urban-type settlements which are a type of a populated places in Belarus.

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According to a 1998 law of the Republic of Belarus,[1] there are three categories of urban-type settlements in Belarus:

  • Urban settlements (Belarusian: гарадскія пасёлкі; Russian: городские посёлки): with population over 2,000, industrial enterprises and developed residential infrastructure
  • Resort settlements (Belarusian: курортныя пасёлкі; Russian: курортные посёлки, resort towns): with population of at least 2,000, sanatoriums, resorts or other health recuperation establishments, and developed residential infrastructure
  • Worker settlements (Belarusian: рабочыя пасёлкі; Russian: рабочие посёлки): 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 miastechka/miasteczko ("market town").

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As of the 2009 Belarusian census, there were 94 urban-type settlements, including 83 urban settlements, one resort settlement, and ten worker settlements.[2] By January 1, 2016, there were 90 urban-type settlements, including 81 urban settlements, one resort settlement and eight worker settlements.[3]

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