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Navasyellye (Belarusian: Наваселле, romanized: Navasiellie; Russian: Новоселье, romanized: Novoselye) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Harani rural council. It is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of the capital Minsk. In 1999, it had a population of 1,221. In 2010, it had a population of 1,231.

Harani (Belarusian: Гарані; Russian: Горани, romanized: Gorani) is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Harani selsoviet. It is located about 15.5 kilometres (9.6 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, west of the capital Minsk. In 2010, it had a population of 128.

Khatsyezhyna (Belarusian: Хацежына, romanized: Chaciežyna; Russian: Хатежино, romanized: Khatezhino) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Khatsyezhyna selsoviet. It is located six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, west of the capital Minsk. In 1997, it had a population of 921. In 2002, it had a population of 936. In 2010, it had a population of 1,485.

Zaslawye or Zaslavl is a town in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the capital Minsk. In 2009, its population was 14,400. As of 2025, it has a population of 17,317.

Dzyarzhynskaya Hara (Belarusian: Дзяржынская гара, romanized: Dziaržynskaja hara, [dzʲarˈʐɨnskaja]) is the highest point in Belarus. The hill is 345 meters (1,130 ft) above sea level and is located west of the capital Minsk, near Dzyarzhynsk, in the village of Skirmantava. The original name of the hill was Svyataya hara (Belarusian: Святая гара, lit. 'holy mountain'). In 1958, the hill was renamed Dzyarzhynskaya hara, in honour of Soviet revolutionary and politician Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the OGPU.

Ratamka (Belarusian: Ратамка; Russian: Ратомка, romanized: Ratomka) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Zhdanovichy selsoviet. It is located five kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the capital Minsk. In 2010, it had a population of 4,830.

Skirmantava (Belarusian: Скірмантава; Russian: Скирмантово, romanized: Skirmantovo) is an agrotown in Dzyarzhynsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Putchina selsoviet. It is located 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Dzyarzhynsk and 49 kilometres (30 mi) from the capital Minsk. As of 2009, it has a population of 617.

The Rakaw Ghetto was established on 21 August 1941 in Rakaw, in the Byelorussian SSR of the Soviet Union (now Belarus), soon after the city's capture by Nazi Germany during Operation Barbarossa. An estimated 1,050 Jews were killed in the ghetto between its creation on 21 August 1941 and its liquidation on 4 February 1942.

The Church of Saint Virgin Mary in Rakaw is a Catholic church in Minsk Region, Belarus. It was constructed between 1904 and 1906 on the bank of the Islach river and consecrated in the name of Our Lady of the Rosary. The church is listed as a Belarusian Cultural Heritage object. The Catholic parish in Rakaw was established in 1676, and the first wooden church was built then. In ten years it became a part of the Dominican monastery. The church was destroyed by fire in 1712 and 1812, but restored both times. In 1835 the monastery was closed and the church became a parish. Between 1904 and 1906 the current Neo-Gothic stone church was constructed on the site of the former wooden one. The new church was made of yellow bricks and decorated with counterforts, peaked windows and arches, and a rose window in the main facade.

Rakaw or Rakov is an agrotown in Valozhyn District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It stands on the Islach River 40 km (25 mi) from Valozhyn and 39 km (24 mi) from Minsk, the capital of Belarus. In 2001, it had a population of 2,106.

Lashany (Belarusian: Лашаны, romanized: Lašany; Russian: Лошаны, romanized: Loshany) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lashany rural council. It is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of the capital Minsk. In 1998, it had a population of 539. In 2010, it had a population of 654.

Pyatryshki (Belarusian: Пятрышкі, romanized: Piatryški; Russian: Петришки, romanized: Petrishki) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Pyatryshki selsoviet. It is located about 24 kilometres (15 mi) northwest of the capital Minsk. In 2001, it had a population of 1,844. In 2010, it had a population of 2,005.