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| Capital | Minsk (1.9 mln) |
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| Territory | 207.6 thous. sq.km |
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| Density of Population | 46 persons/sq.km |
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Resident Population (at the beginning 2011) |
9481.2 thous. persons |
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| Unemployment Rate on Registered Labour Market (as of the end 2010) | 0.7% |
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| National Currency |
Byelorussian rouble (from July, 1993) |
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Borders on Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia,Ukraine. |
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Share in total territory1, % : |
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agricultural lands – 45 |
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forest area – 45 |
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water basin area – 2 |
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other – 8 |
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Especially
protected territories (national parks, nature reserves, wildlife
preserves, special hunting reserves) |
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The longest rivers, km |
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(length along the territory of the state) |
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Dnieper - 700 |
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Berezina - 561 |
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Pripyat - 495 |
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Sozh - 493 |
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Neman - 436 |
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Ptich - 421 |
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The largest lakes, sq. km |
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Naroch - 79,6 |
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Osveyskoye - 52,8 |
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Chervonoye - 40,8 |
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Lukomskoye - 37,7 |
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Drivyaty - 36,1 |
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The highest point, m |
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Mountain Dzerzhinskaya - 345 |
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Average temperature (2009) |
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January -4,20C |
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July +18,60C |
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1 Categories of the lands are given according to national land code. |
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