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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Belarus 
 Main prefix
 EU 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Europe 
 
          Belarus          
 
 Belarus 

 Belarus - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Belarus          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Red horizontal band (top) and green horizontal band one-half the width of the red band; a white vertical stripe on the hoist side bears the Belarusian national ornament in red.
 
          Belarus          
 
 Belarus 
 Capital: 
Minsk
 Administrative
 divisions: 
6 oblastsi (singular - oblasts') and one municipality* (harady, singular - horad): Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk*, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, and Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk).
Oblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses, when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya' the word oblasts' should be added to the place name.
 Population: 
9,724,723 (July 2007 est.)
 Languages: 
Belarusian, Russian, other
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
53° 00' N, 28° 00' E
 Area total: 
207,600 sq. km
 Land area: 
207,600 sq. km
 Water area: 
0 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
2,900 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Nyoman River 90 m - Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.by
 Currency: 
Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Belarus
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Belarus
 Name - local
 long form: 
Respublika Byelarus'
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Former name: 
Belorussian (Byelorussian) Soviet Socialist Republic
 Independence: 
25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
 Constitution: 
30 March 1994, revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 3 July (1944)
3 July 1944 was the date Minsk was liberated from German troops, 25 August 1991 was the date of independence from the Soviet Union
 
          Belarus          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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