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