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Area: total: 207,600 sq km
land: 207,600 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers transitional between continental and maritime

Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland

Natural resources: forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay

Population: 9,685,768 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.4% [male 717,885/female 677,254]
15-64 years: 70.9% [male 3,333,699/female 3,531,920]
65 years and over: 14.7% [male 459,627/female 965,383] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Belarusian[s]
adjective: Belarusian

Ethnic groups: Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% [1999 census]

Languages: Belarusian, Russian, other

Capital: name: Minsk
geographic coordinates: 53 54 N, 27 34 E
time difference: UTC+2 [7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March ends last Sunday in October

National holiday: Independence Day, 3 July [1944] note - 3 July 1944 was the date Minsk was liberated from German troops, 25 August 1991 was the date of independence from the Soviet Union

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.7%
industry: 40.6%
services: 50.6% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 4.3 million [31 December 2005]

Budget: revenues: $20.76 billion
expenditures: $21.18 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax beef, milk

Industries: metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, televisions, synthetic fibers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators

Exports: $23.04 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs

Exports - partners: Russia 34.7%, Netherlands 17.7%, UK 7.5%, Ukraine 6.3%, Poland 5.2% [2006]

Imports: $27.57 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals

Imports - partners: Russia 58.6%, Germany 7.5%, Ukraine 5.5% [2006]

Currency (code): Belarusian ruble [BYB/BYR]

Exchange rates: Belarusian rubles per US dollar - 2,145 [2007], 2,144.6 [2006], 2,150 [2005], 2,160.26 [2004], 2,051.27 [2003]

Airports: 67 [2007]

Railways: total: 5,512 km
broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge [874 km electrified]
standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m [2006]

Ports and terminals: Mazyr