BELARUS : FACTBOOK
 
  • Country name : Republic of Belarus, Belarus
     
  • Capital : Minsk
     
  • Location : Eastern Europe, east of Poland.
     
  • Area : 207,600 sq km. slightly smaller than Kansas.
     
  • Climate : cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime.
     
  • Terrain : generally flat and contains much marshland.
     
  • Geography : landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay.
     
  • Population : 10,322,151 (July 2003 est.)
     
  • Ethnic groups : Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish, Ukrainian, and other 7.4%.
     
  • Languages : Belarusian, Russian, other
     
  • Religions : Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
     
  • Government type : republic.
     
  • Administrative divisions : 6 voblastsi and one municipality.
     
  • Currency : Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR)
     
  • GDP : $90.19 billion (2002 est.)
     
  • GDP - per capita : $8,700 (2002 est.)
     
  • Industries : metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, television sets, chemical fibers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators
     
  • Exports : $7.7 billion f.o.b. (2002)
     
  • Exports - commodities : machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals; textiles, foodstuffs
     
  • Exports - partners : Russia 50.8%, Latvia 7.3%, Ukraine 6.3%, Lithuania 4.1%, Germany 4.1% (2002)
     
  • Imports : $8.8 billion f.o.b. (2002)
     
  • Imports - commodities : mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals
     
  • Imports - partners : Russia 68.2%, Germany 9.4%, Ukraine 3.2% (2002)
     
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