Botswana

Code: BW 

Location:  Southern Africa  

Geographic coordinates:  22 00 S, 24 00 E

Surface area:  581,730 km2

Population:  2,066,000 (2011.)

Capital city:  Gaborone

Official language:  Setswana, Kalanga

Religion:  Christian

Climate:  semiarid, warm winters, hot summers

Tallest mountain:  Monalanong Hill (1,494 m)

Terrain:  mostly flat, gently rolling tableland

Coastline:  0 km

Natural resources:  diamonds, copper, salt, nickel, silver, iron, soda

Neighbours:  Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Code: BA 

Location:  Southeastern Europe  

Geographic coordinates:  44 00 N, 18 00 W

Surface area:  51,200 km2

Population:  4,622,163 (2011.)

Capital city:  Sarajevo

Official language:  Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian

Religion:  Muslim, Ortodox, Roman Catholic

Climate:  hot summers, cold winters

Tallest mountain:  Maglic (2,386 m)

Terrain:  mountains and valleys

Coastline:  20 km

Natural resources:  coal ,iron, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, cobalt, salt, sand, timber, hydropower

Neighbours: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro  

Bolivia

Code: BO 

Location:  Central South America  

Geographic coordinates:  17 00 S, 65 00 W

Surface area:  1,098,581 km2

Population:  10,120,000 (2011.)

Capital city:  La Paz

Official language:  Spanish

Religion:  Roman Catholic

Climate:  humid and tropical to semiarid and cold

Tallest mountain:  Sajama (6,542 m)

Terrain:  rugged mountains, lowland plains, highland plateau

Coastline:  0 km

Natural resources:  tin, natural gas, timber, gold, lead, iron, zinc, hydropower, silver, tungsten

Neighbours: Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile,  

Bhutan

Code: BT 

Location:  south Asia  

Geographic coordinates:  27 30 N, 90 30 E

Surface area:  38,394 km2

Population:  692,000 (2010.)

Capital city:  Thimpu

Official language:  Dzongkha

Religion:  Vajrayana buddhist

Climate:  from subtropical to polar-type

Tallest mountain:  Gangkhar Puensum (7,570 m)

Terrain:  mostly mountain, savanna, fertile valleys 

Coastline:  0 km

Natural resources:  timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbonate

Neighbours: China, India

Benin

Code: BJ 

Location:  West Africa   

Geographic coordinates:  9 30 N, 2 15 E

Surface area:  110,000 km2

Population:  9,050,000 (2010.)

Capital city:  Porto-Novo

Official language:  French

Religion:  Roman Catholic, Islam

Climate:  tropical , sub-saharan, very hot

Tallest mountain:  Gbessa, Atakora (309 m)

Terrain:  mostly flat, low hills 

Coastline:  100 km

Natural resources:  timber, limestone, small oil reserve

Neighbours: Togo, Burkina Faso, Nigeria

Belize

Code: BZ 

Location:  Central America   

Geographic coordinates:  17 15 N, 88 45 W

Surface area:  22,960 km2

Population:  333,200 (2010.)

Capital city:  Belmopan

Official language:  English

Religion:  Roman Catholic, Protestants

Climate:  tropical , very hot and humid

Tallest mountain:  Maya Mountains, Victoria Peak (1,124 m)

Terrain:  flat, swampy coastal plain, low mountains in south 

Coastline:  1,996 km

Natural resources:  arable land, fish, sugar, timber

Neighbours: Guatemala, Mexico

Belgium

Code: B 

Location:  west Europe 

Geographic coordinates:  50 50 N, 4 00 W

Surface area:  32,547 km2

Population:  10,431,477 (July 2011.)

Capital city:  Brussels

Official language: Dutch, French, German

Religion:  Roman Catholic

Climate:  cool, temperate and rainy

Tallest mountain:  Signal de Botrange (694 m)

Terrain:  flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains in southeast

Coastline:  65 km

Natural resources:  Coal 

Neighbours: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands

China

Code: CN 

Location:  Eastern Asia 

Geographic coordinates:  35 00 N, 105,00 E

Surface area:  9,596,960 km2

Population:  1,330,044,000

Capital city:  Beijing

Official language:  Standard Chinese or Mandarin

Religion:  Buddhism

Climate:  tropical in south, subarctic in north

Tallest mountain:  Mount Everest

Terrain:  mostly mountains, desert in west, deltas and hills

Coastline:  14,500 km

Natural resources:  iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, manganese, molybdenum, coal, vanadium, aluminium, magnetite, zinc, lead, uranium, hydropower potential

Neighbours:  Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam

Belarus

Code: BY 

Location:  Eastern Europe  

Geographic coordinates:  53 00 N, 28 00 E

Surface area:  207,600 km2

Population:  9,700,000

Capital city:  Minsk

Official language:  Belarusian, Rusian

Religion:  Eastern Ortodox

Climate:  between continental and maritime, col winter, cool summer

Tallest mountain:  Dzyarzhynskaya Hara (346 m)

Terrain:  generaly flat with much marshland

Coastline:  0 km

Natural resources:  granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, clay gravel

Neighbours:  Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Barbados

Code: BB 

Location:  islands in the North Atlantic Ocean   

Geographic coordinates:  13 10 N, 59 32 W

Surface area:  431 km2

Population:  300,000

Capital city:  Bridgetown

Official language:  English

Religion:  Protestant

Climate:  tropical, rainy

Tallest mountain:  Mount Hillaby (336 m)

Terrain:  flat

Coastline:  97 km

Natural resources:  natural gas, petroleum, fish

Neighbours:  -