Capital: Minsk
Location: Eastern Europe, east of Poland
Government: Republic of Belarus
Currency: Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR)
Area: 207,600 sq km
Population: 9,441,842 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)
Religion: Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+2
Tel Code: +375
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