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Belarus

Wikidi home Country Category Belarus

Summary
	Capital	Minsk
	Currency Used	Belarusian ruble
	Official Language	Belarusian language Russian Language
	Form of Government	Presidential system Republic
	Population	9,732,500 (World Bank, World Development Indicators, Population, 2006) 9,775,591 (World Bank, World Development Indicators, Population, 2005) 9,824,469 (World Bank, World Development Indicators, Population, 2004) Show 49 more Even more Hide
	GDP (nominal)	14594925393.0 (2002, US$) 16280372553.0 (1993, US$) 17813389815.0 (1991, US$) Show 19 more Even more Hide
	GDP (nominal per capita)	12,000 (2008, US$)
	Contained by	Earth Europe
	Area	207,600 km² (80155 mi²)


Country
	ISO Short Name	BELARUS
	FIPS Code	BO
	Administrative Divisions	Brest Homiel Hrodna Show 2 more Even more Hide
	Internet TLD	by
	Languages spoken	Russian Language
	National anthem	My Belarusy
	Calling Code	375


Taxonomy Subject
	entry	Library of Congress Classification (JN, 6,640, 6,649)


Sports Team Location
	Teams	Belarus national football team Belarus national handball team Belarus women's national handball team Belarus women's national volleyball team


Flag referent
	Flag	Flag of Belarus (1995-06-07)


Countries
	Continent	Europe


Linguistic hint
	Adjectival form	Belarusian


Administrative Area
	Adjectival form	Belarusian
	Administrative parent	Earth
	Administrative children	Brest Homiel Hrodna Show 3 more Even more Hide
	Short name	by


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Rival
	Rivals	Russia–Belarus energy dispute


Olympic participating country
	IOC Code	BLR
	Olympics participated in	2002 Winter Olympics 2010 Winter Olympics
	Athletes	Weightlifting (Andrei Aramnau, 2008 Summer Olympics) Weightlifting (Vitali Dzerbianiou, 2008 Summer Olympics) Cross-country skiing (Olga Vasiljonok, 2006 Winter Olympics) Show 272 more Even more Hide
	Athletic performances	Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put (Bronze medal, Andrei Mikhnevich, 2008 Summer Olympics) Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Light Heavyweight 77-85 kg (Silver medal, Andrei Rybakou, 2008 Summer Olympics) Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put (Bronze medal, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, 2008 Summer Olympics) Show 73 more Even more Hide


Dated location
	Date founded	1990-07-27


Statistical region
	Fertility rate	1960 (2.67) 1961 (2.59) 1962 (2.5) Show 48 more Even more Hide
	GDP growth rate	-1.2 (1991) -9.6 (1992) -7.6 (1993) Show 18 more Even more Hide
	Internet users as percentage of population	0 (1990) 0 (1994) 0.003 (1995) Show 12 more Even more Hide
	Life expectancy	68.274 (1960) 68.556 (1961) 68.812 (1962) Show 48 more Even more Hide
	Military expenditure as percentage of GDP	1.4 (2002) 1.622 (1992) 2.791 (1993) Show 16 more Even more Hide


Organization member
	Member of	Eurasian Economic Community Partnership for Peace World Bank Show 2 more Even more Hide


Literature Subject
	Works Written About This Topic	Belarus Defiance Streets of gold Show 2 more Even more Hide


Organization founder
	Organizations founded	Commonwealth of Independent States


Organization scope
	Organizations with this scope	Agrarian Party of Belarus Beer Lovers Party Belarus Free Trade Union Show 21 more Even more Hide


Governmental Jurisdiction
	Government bodies	Council of the Republic of Belarus House of Representatives of the Republic of Belarus National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus
	Governing officials	President of Belarus (Alexander Lukashenko, 1994-07-20, President) Prime Minister of Belarus (Mikhail Myasnikovich, 2010-12-28, Prime minister)
	Agencies	Belarus Ministry of Defense Belarus Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Government	Government of Belarus


Landlocked Country
	Surrounding Countries	Lithuania Poland Russia Ukraine


Location
	Geolocation	27.4014421125 × 53.327
	Contains	Administrative divisions of Belarus Aktsyabarski Antopol Show 292 more Even more Hide
	Adjoins	Ukraine Russia Poland Show 3 more Even more Hide
	Time zone(s)	Further-eastern European Time UTC+3
	People born here	Aleksandr Kulakov Aleksandr Perepechko Aleksandr Shagoyko Show 72 more Even more Hide
	Adjectival form	Belarusian
	Events	Battle of Klyastitsy Battle of Lesnaya Battle of Malatitze Show 12 more Even more Hide
	Partially contains	Aukštaitija Bug Euroregion Euroregion Country of Lakes Show 2 more Even more Hide