Republic of Belarus

  

Capital: Minsk.
National currency: belarusian ruble (from July, 1993).
Resident population (at the веginning of the 2019) - 9,5 mln. persons.
Borders on Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine.
 

 

Natural and Geographic Characteristics and Environment Protection

Share in total territory1,   % :
agricultural lands – 41
forest area – 42
water basin area – 6
other – 11

Especially protected territories (national parks, nature reserves, wildlife preserves, special hunting reserves)
number, units - 6
total territory, thous. ha  - 692

The longest rivers,  km
(length along the territory of the state)
Dnieper - 700
Berezina - 561
Pripyat - 495
Sozh - 493
Neman - 436

The largest lakes, sq. km
Naroch - 79,6
Osveyskoye - 52,8
Chervonoye - 40,8
Lukomskoye - 37,7
Drivyaty - 36,1

The highest point, m
Mountain Dzerzhinskaya - 345

Average temperature (2017)
January -2,70C
July +19,60C

 1 Categories of the lands are given according to national land code.

Main Social and Economic Indicators of Republic of Belarus