Description

GEO2_BY2009 identifies the raion within Belarus in 2009. Raions are the second level administrative units of the country, after regions. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_BY2009 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Belarus can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

Comparability — General

Raions with populations less than 20,000 were regionalized (combined) with neighboring raions within the same region to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

Universe

Availability

• Belarus: 2009