Belarus Geography

Country Name: Republic of Belarus

Capital City: Minsk

Population: 10,293,011 (2006)

Population Growth: -0.06% (2006)

Currency: Rouble (BYR)

Languages: Belarusian, Russian

Area: 207,600 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 1.6%

Domain extension: .by

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF BELARUS

Location:

Eastern Europe, east of Poland

Geographic Co-ordinates:

53 00 N, 28 00 E

Area - total:

207,600 sq km

Area - total:

207,600 sq km

Area - land:

207,600 sq km

Area - water:

0 sq km

Land Boundaries:

2,900 km

Border Countries:

Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

Terrain:

generally flat and contains much marshland

Elevation - highest point:

Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Nyoman River 90 m

Natural Resources:

forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay

Arable Land:

26.77%

Permanent Crops:

0.60%

Other Land Use:

72.63% (2005)

Natural Hazards: