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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Kansas
Area > Land	207,600 sq km		[82nd of 238]
Area > Total	207,600 sq km		[90th of 250]
Capital city with population	Minsk - 1,666,000
Climate cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
Forested Land	45.3%		[48th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	53 00 N, 28 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Latvia 171 km, Lithuania 680 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
Land use > Arable land	26.77%		[33rd of 258]
Largest city	Minsk
Largest city population	1,784,000		[58th of 174]
Largest city with population	Minsk - 1,666,000
Location Eastern Europe, east of Poland
Map references Europe
Natural resources forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay
Population density	50.1 people per sqkm		[145th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	47.12 people/m²		[132nd of 204]
Surface area > sq. km	207,600 km²		[84th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Dzyarzhynskaia Hara

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