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Geography of Belarus

Location:Eastern Europe, east of Poland
Geographic coordinates:53 00 N, 28 00 E
Map references:Europe
Area:total: 207,600 sq km
land: 207,600 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative:slightly smaller than Kansas
Land boundaries:total: 2,900 km
border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
Coastline:0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:none (landlocked)
Climate:cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
Terrain:generally flat and contains much marshland
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
Natural resources:forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay
Land use:arable land: 26.77%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 72.63% (2005)
Irrigated land:1,310 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards:NA
Environment - current issues:soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine
Environment - international agreements:party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes

Belarus Quickstats

  • Population: 9,724,723 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 207,600 sq km
  • Density: 49 /km² (142nd)
  • GDP (total): $79.13 billion (64th)
  • GDP (per capita): $7,700 (78th)
  • Literacy: 99.6%

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  • Currency: rouble (BYR)
  • Dial code: +375

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Belarus Internet

  • Usage: 3,394,400
  • Penetration: 35.1 %
  • Top Domain: .bo

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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