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The Republic of Belarus is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe, capital Minsk. "Belarus" is also spelled "Belorussia", "Byelorussia", and other ways, but the present government prefers "Belarus". Historically Belarus was sometimes referred to in English as "White Russia".

Беларус (Belarus)

	coat of arms
(In Detail)	(Full size)

National motto: Xxxxx

Official languages

Capital

President

Prime Minister

President (in Exile)

Area
- Total
- % water

Ranked 84th
207,600 km²
xx% / Negligible

Population
- Total (2002)
- Density

Ranked 74th
10,350,194
xxx/km²

Independence
- Declared
- Recognised

(Event Xxxx)
1990
(Year)

Currency

Belarusian Rouble

Time zone

UTC +2

National anthem

My Bielarusy

Internet TLD

.BY

Calling Code

375

Table of contents

1 History

5 Economy

7 Culture

8 Miscellaneous topics

9 External Links

Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya[?] (Homyel'), Horad Minsk*, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya[?] (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya[?] (Vitsyebsk)

Note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses

**Holidays**
Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year	Novy Hod
January 7	Orthodox Christmas
January 14	Orthodox New Year
March 8	International Women's Day
March 15	Constitution Day		Adopted in 1994
May 1	International Labor Day
May 9	Victory Day		Denotes the victory against Germany in World War II
July 3	Independence Day
December 25	Catholic Christmas
Movable	Catholic Easter
Movable	Orthodox Easter
9 days after Orthodox Easter	Commemoration Day	Radunitsa

Miscellaneous topics

External Links

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