Belarus53.82° N, 28.42° E
No coast at all — every one of its 3,599 km of border is shared with another country.
coastline 0 km · 185th/229 · land borders 3,599 km · 57th/230
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The name Belarus combines the Slavic words "bel" (white) and "Rus" (the Old East Slavic ethnic designation), meaning "White Rusian" or "White Ruthenian".
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Belarus lies in Eastern Europe, east of Poland. The country is landlocked. Its terrain is generally flat, with much marshland.
Glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and its lakes. Natural resources include timber, peat deposits, oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay. Dzyarzhynskaya Hara is the highest point. The Nyoman River is the lowest point.
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Cold winters and cool, moist summers define a climate transitional between continental and maritime conditions.
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Belarusian, Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian communities live in Belarus, along with others. Russian and Belarusian are official languages, while other languages include small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities.
Orthodox, Catholic, other religions, and non-believers are represented among the country's people. Across most of Belarus, people are distributed fairly evenly, while urban areas attract larger and denser populations.
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A red horizontal band tops the flag, with a green horizontal band below and a white vertical stripe on the left bearing traditional Belarusian designs in red. Red stands for past struggles to escape oppression, while green stands for hope and the country's forests. The country has no official symbol; the mounted knight known as Pahonia (the Chaser) is the traditional symbol.
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