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| BELARUSIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Kansas |
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Area > Land
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207,600 sq km |
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[82nd of 238]
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Area > Total
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207,600 sq km |
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[90th of 250]
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Capital city with population
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Minsk - 1,666,000 |
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Climate
cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime |
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m |
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Forested Land
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45.3% |
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[48th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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53 00 N, 28 00 E |
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Land boundaries > Border countries
Latvia 171 km, Lithuania 680 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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26.77% |
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[33rd of 258]
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Largest city
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Minsk |
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Largest city population
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1,784,000 |
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[58th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Minsk - 1,666,000 |
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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 |
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Population density
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50.1 people per sqkm |
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[145th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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47.12 people/m²
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[132nd of 204]
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Surface area > sq. km
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207,600 km²
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[84th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Dzyarzhynskaia Hara |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Respublika Byelarus', byelarus
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