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    Introduction


    After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place.


    Location


    Eastern Europe, east of Poland


    Geographic coordinates


    53 00 N, 28 00 E


    Area


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


    Area - comparative


    slightly smaller than Kansas


    Land boundaries


    total: 2,900 km border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km


    Coastline


    0 km (landlocked)


    Maritime claims


    none (landlocked)


    Climate


    cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime


    Terrain


    generally flat and contains much marshland


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m


    Natural resources


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


    Land use


    arable land: 29.76% permanent crops: 0.69% other: 69.55% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    1,150 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    NA


    Environment - current issues


    soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea


    Geography - note


    landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay


    Population


    10,310,520 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Minsk


    Phone Code


    +375


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