Capital city:                          Minsk

Region:                                Eastern Europe

Area:                                     207 600 km²

Population:                          10 350 194

Main cities:                          Gomel, Vitebsk, Brest, Grodno, Mogilev, Bobruysk, Baranovichi, Borisov, Orsha,

                                              Pinsk, Mozyr

Currency:                             Belarusian ruble

Dial code:                            375

Internet code:                      BO

Information: Belarus (formerly known as White Ruthenia), the Republic of Belarus in its longer form (official and UN designation differ from a term coming from Russian meaning white Russia) is a Eastern Europe country bordered by Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia and Lithuania.