Minsk District
Minsk District is a second-level administrative subdivision of Belarus in Minsk Region.
The administrative seat is the city of Minsk, administratively separated from the raion. The most populated town of the proper raion is Zaslawye.Geography
The district is situated both in the middle of Minsk Region and of the Belarus. It is crossed by the Svislach River and the towns around Minsk are part of its metropolitan area.
It borders, from north to south in a clockwise sense, with the districts of Vilejka, Lahoysk, Smalyavichy, Chervyen, Pukhavichy, Uzda, Dzyarzhynsk, Valozhyn and Maladzyechna.Subdivision
The district is divided into 18 rural councils and 37 municipalities.The 18 sieĺsaviets are: Astrašycki Haradok, Baraŭliany, Harani, Ždanovičy, Juzufova, Kalodziščy, Krupica, Lašany, Luhavaja Slabada, Michanavičy, Novy Dvor, Papiernia, Piatryški, Samachvalavičy, Sienica, Chaciežyna, Šaršuny, Ščomyslica.Municipalities
The 37 municipalities counts one autonomous city, one town, one urban-type settlement, and 34 simple municipalities.
