Belarus
Position: Central-Eastern Europe
Position: Central-Eastern Europe
| International name: | Belarus |
| Local name: | Byelarus' |
| AREA ................................................ | 207.600 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 10.310.520 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 49,7 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Minsk |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | Belarusian, Russian, other |
| RELIGIONS ...................................... | Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 6970 $ (2004) |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,558 (63th place) |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | Nyoman River 90 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .by |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +375 |
Oriental Europe country, bordering to N and to NW with Latvia and Lithuania, to W with Poland, to S with Ukraine and to E with the Russian Republic.
The territory is almost anywhere flat, studded of lakes (ca 4000) and swamps. The Belarus is rich of forests (entertaining the last exemplary of European bisons) and of water courses (Dvina, Njemen, Dnepr).
| Minsk | 27/11/2024 | 17:30 | ( GMT+2 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook