Editing Belarus (section)

===Administrative divisions===
{{Further|Regions of Belarus|Districts of Belarus}}
[[File:Belarus, administrative divisions - en - colored.png|thumb|Administrative divisions of Belarus]]
Belarus is divided into six regions called [[oblast]]s ({{langx|be|вобласць}}; {{langx|ru|область}}), which are named after the cities that serve as their administrative centers: [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]], [[Gomel]], [[Grodno]], [[Mogilev]], [[Minsk]], and [[Vitebsk]].<ref name="s1">{{cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.by/en/press19329.html|title=Section&nbsp;I: Principles of the Constitutional System. Published 1994, amended in 1996|access-date=22 December 2007|year=2004|work=[[Constitution of Belarus]]|publisher=Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217035739/http://www.president.gov.by/en/press19329.html|archive-date=17 December 2007}}</ref> Each region has a provincial legislative authority, called a region council ({{langx|be|link=no|абласны Савет Дэпутатаў}}; {{langx|ru|link=no|Областной Совет депутатов}}), which is elected by its residents, and a provincial executive authority called a region administration ({{langx|be|link=no|абласны выканаўчы камітэт}}; {{langx|ru|link=no|областной исполнительный комитет}}), whose chairman is appointed by the president.<ref name="s5">{{cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.by/en/press19333.html|title=Section&nbsp;V: Local government and self-government|access-date=22 December 2007|year=2004|work=[[Constitution of Belarus]]|publisher=Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105204240/http://president.gov.by/en/press19333.html|archive-date=5 November 2007}}</ref> The regions are further subdivided into 118 [[raion]]s, commonly translated as districts ({{langx|be|link=no|раён}}; {{langx|ru|link=no|район}}).<ref name="s1"/> Each raion has its own legislative authority, or raion council, ({{langx|be|link=no|раённы Савет Дэпутатаў}}; {{langx|ru|link=no|районный Совет депутатов}}) elected by its residents, and an executive authority or raion administration appointed by oblast executive powers.<ref name="key facts">{{cite web|title=Key Facts|publisher=Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus|year=2015|url=http://president.gov.by/en/facts-en/|access-date=18 March 2015|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125091057/http://president.gov.by/en/facts-en/}}</ref> The city of Minsk is split into nine districts and enjoys special status as the nation's capital at the same administration level as the oblasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minsk.gov.by/en/tempage/minsk|title=About Minsk|access-date=27 April 2010|date=16 December 2009|publisher=Minsk City Executive Committee|archive-date=22 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522052906/http://minsk.gov.by/en/tempage/minsk/}}</ref> It is run by an executive committee and has been granted a charter of self-rule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minsk.gov.by/cgi-bin/gor_ind.pl?lang=eng|title=About Minsk|access-date=20 December 2007|publisher=Minsk City Executive Committee}}</ref>