Belaroushie
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Belaroushie (Belaroushie: Беларусь, Łacinka: Biełaruś; Roushie: Белору́ссия) is a kintra in eastren Europe that haes laund mairches wi Roushie, Poland, Ukraine an Latvie. Its caipital ceety is Minsk. It wis ae o the republics o the umwhile Soviet Union.
Republic o Belaroushie | |
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| Caipital | Minsk 53°55′N 27°33′E / 53.917°N 27.550°E |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
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| Demonym(s) | Belaroushie |
| Govrenment | Unitary Dominant-pairty presidential republic |
• Preses | Alexander Lukashenko |
• Prime Meenister | Roman Golovchenko |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
• Upper house | Cooncil o the Republic |
• Lower house | Hoose o Representatives |
| Formation | |
• Principality o Polotsk | 987 |
| c. 1236 | |
• Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel | 1 Julie 1569 |
| 1795 | |
• Unthirldom frae the Roushie SFSR; Belaroushie Fowkrepublic | 25 Mairch 1918 |
• Lithuanie-Byeloroushie SSR | 17 Februar 1919 |
| 31 Juliie 1920 | |
• Annexation o Wast Belaroushie | 15 November 1939 |
• State Sovereignty Declaration | 27 Julie 1990 |
• Unthirldom frae the USSR | 25 August 1991 |
• CIS Declaration | 8 December 1991 |
• Unthirldom recognised | 26 December 1991 |
• Current constitution | 15 Mairch 1994 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 207,595 km2 (80,153 sq mi) (84t) |
• Water (%) | 1.4% (2.830 km2 or 1.093 sq mi)b |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 9,498,700  (93rd) |
• Density | 45.8/km2 (118.6/sq mi) (142nt) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $176 billion |
• Per capita | $19,198 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Tot | $53 billion |
• Per capita | $5,745 |
| Gini (2015) |  26.7law |
| HDI (2015) |  0.796heich · 52nd |
| Currency | Belaroushie ruble (BYN) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (FET) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +375 |
| ISO 3166 code | BY |
| Internet TLD |
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Wabsteid belarus.by | |
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