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Minsk
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Minsk

Capital and largest city of Belarus

Cityadministrative territorial entity of Belarusfirst-level administrative divisioncity or townQ2280

Also known as Мінск · Менск · Минск · Mińsk · Minskas · Mensk

Country
Located in
Population
Area
  • 409.5 km²
Elevation
  • 280 m
Head of government
Postal code
  • 220001–220141
Website

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

344 statements · 31% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Official name
  • Мінск(1793–1918)
  • Минск
  • Менск(1067–1793)
  • Менск(1918–1939)
  • Мінск(since 1939)
  • Mińsk(until 1793)
  • Менск(1941–1944)
Shares border with
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Twinned administrative body
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Coat of arms
Flag
Enclave within
Time of earliest written record
Located in or next to body of water
Significant event
List of monuments
Local dialing code
  • 17
Vehicle registration plate code
  • 7
  • 8
Category for people buried here
Capital of
Executive body
Native label
  • Мінск
  • Менск
Awards
Romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
  • Minsk
Owner of
Demonym
Geoshape
  • Data:Belarus/City of Minsk.map
Transliteration or transcription
  • Minsk
Economy of topic
Anthem
Official language
Continent
Legislative body
Category for honorary citizens of entity
Language used
Office held by the head of government
Authority
Related category
Member of
Entry in abbreviations table
Geography of topic

On other databases

98 identifiers linking Minsk across the web's reference databases