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 | |  | | About Belarus: |
 | Location: Europe
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Minsk
Main Cities: Gomel, Vitebsk, Brest, Grodno
Population: 10,304,000
Area: 207,000 km2
Currency: 1 ruble = 100 kopeks
Languages: Belorussian, Russian, Polish
Religions: Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox |
| More about Belarus: a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919-91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop.: 9 851 000 (2004 est.). Area: 207 600 sq. km (80 134 sq. miles) Also called: Byelorussian Republic, Bielorussia, White Russia |
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