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Belarus, [b] officially the Republic of Belarus, [c] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million.
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million.
This is a list of the extreme points of Belarus, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Latitude and longitude [ edit ]
Belarus is: a landlocked country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Europe. Eastern Europe; Time zone: Eastern European Time , Eastern European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Belarus. High: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m (1,135 ft) Low: Neman River 90 m (295 ft) Land boundaries: 3,306 km Russia 959 km Ukraine 891 km
The deepest lake in Belarus is the Doŭhaje (53.7 m). The Chervonoye is the most shallow among the large lakes, with a maximum depth of 4 m. The majority of large lakes are situated in northern Belarus. In Braslaw and Ušačy districts, lakes cover more than 10% of their territory. [6]
This is a list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither the Belarusian nor the Russian language makes a distinction between "city" and "town" as English does; the word horad ( Belarusian : горад [ˈɣorat] ⓘ ) or gorod ( Russian : город [ˈɡorət] ⓘ ) is used for both.
Luzhki (Belarusian: Лужкі, romanized: Lužki; Russian: Лужки; Polish: Łużki) is an agrotown in Sharkawshchyna District, Vitebsk Region, in northern Belarus. [2] It is located 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Padsvillye, 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Sharkawshchyna, and 198 kilometres (123 mi) from Vitebsk. [1] In 1999, it had a population of ...
The effects of the Chernobyl accident in Belarus were dramatic: about 50,000 km 2 (or about a quarter of the territory of Belarus) formerly populated by 2.2 million people (or a fifth of the Belarusian population) now require permanent radioactive monitoring (after receiving doses over 37 kBq/m 2 of caesium-137). 135,000 persons were ...